Cyndee's Neiman Marcus Cake

Name: Cyndee's Neiman Marcus Cake
Yield: 12
Ingredients: for the cake layer:*; 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 cups sugar; 4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature; 2/3 cup sour cream, at room temperature; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 lemon, zested; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; *(Instead of making the cake layer from scratch you can also use a vanilla/ yellow box cake mixed with 1 stick melted butter and 2 beaten eggs instead making the cake layer from scratch. This is what my neighbor Cyndee does.); for the topping:; 1 8 oz softened cream cheese; 3 + 3/4 cup powder sugar (1 box); 2 eggs well beaten

Cyndee’s Neiman Marcus Cake was pinched from <a href="http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2012/03/30/cyndees-neiman-markus-cake/" target="_blank">www.mykitchenintherockies.com.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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for the cake layer:*

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12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

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2 cups sugar

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4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature

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2/3 cup sour cream, at room temperature

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1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

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1 lemon, zested

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2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/4 cup cornstarch

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3/4 teaspoon kosher salt

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3/4 teaspoon baking soda

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*(Instead of making the cake layer from scratch you can also use a vanilla/ yellow box cake mixed with 1 stick melted butter and 2 beaten eggs instead making the cake layer from scratch. This is what my neighbor Cyndee does.)

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for the topping:

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1 8 oz softened cream cheese

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3 + 3/4 cup powder sugar (1 box)

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2 eggs well beaten

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