This simple recipe and easy tutorial will help you create the perfect surprise-inside dessert.

How to Make Lemon Layer Cake Double or triple-layer your cake by duplicating the recipe below. This recipe makes one cake layer that's sliced in half and filled. Makes 8 to 10 servings.

For dessert -- oh, yes! -- meringue layer cake. My brothers and I would come in from our network of backyards and playing fields and stay close to the kitchen, wolfish helpers.