Lemon Rosemary Chiffon Cake with Elderflower Glaze and Cream Cheese Frosting is a perfect cake. Funny enough, making it is how I spent my summer. Ok, not quite, but I rarely tweak a recipe over and over until it’s perfect these days. I rely on instinct, semi-homemade, go to favorites, and takeout if I’m being honest. But this summer I decided I wanted to make a perfect cake. Here it is: Lemon Rosemary Chiffon Cake with Elderflower Glaze and Cream Cheese Frosting. What is a Chiffon Cake and Why is it so Great? For me, a chiffon cake is the ultimate. Chiffon cakes rely on beating egg whites separately from the rest of ingredients to achieve an almost sponge cake like texture. I prefer the chiffon family to the sponge cake family because chiffon cakes don’t skip the fat. This chiffon cake uses butter a combination of butter and olive oil to achieve a best of both worlds taste and texture. I also layer citrus on citrus throughout this cake, sometimes in unexpected places. My Lemon Rosemary Chiffon Cake with Elderflower Glaze and Cream Cheese Frosting could use store bought buttermilk, but instead, I combine milk with lemon juice so … Continue reading
