Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd and Cream





The combination of lemon cake with lemon curd and cream is something to die for!

The idea of preparing a lemon cake is adapted from Food buzz while the lemon curd has been on my to do list for a long time and the cream is of course to give a balance to the extremely citrussy flavor in the cake and the L.Curd.

I got slightly lazy and impatient on the course of preparing this and it has reflected in the way the cream and the icing looks. And of course I have learnt a lot of lessons that should be taken care of while preparing lemon curd and storing it.

For the lemon curd I followed the recipe from Joy of Baking. I did not follow the recipe thoroughly and so I got to learn that the lemon curd has to be strained as soon as it is taken off heat . This is to get rid of any lumps, as well as to strain the zest of lemon which otherwise will increase the sourness of the lemon curd and gives a slight bitter taste as it sits, and it is also easy to pipe the lemon curd when there is no zest in it which is likely to get stuck in the nozzle…….Here is my slightly bad looking yet very tasty lemony cake.


Ingredients for the lemon cake

Flour – 2 cup (200 gms)
Eggs – 2
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Caster sugar – 2 cup
Vegetable oil – 1 cup
Vanilla Extract – ¾ tsp
Juice of 1 ½  lemon
Zest of one lemon

Method to prepare the cake

Preheat the oven at 180 C. Prepare a pan: butter the pan and dust it with flour. Tap out excess flour.

Sift together the flour and baking powder thrice. In a mixing bowl, place beat the eggs one at a time. Add the caster sugar in 3 to 4 steps at speed 1 and then beat the mix at high speed for about 4 minutes till it doubles in volume. Add the vanilla extract and mix well. Pour the oil little by little while still mixing.

Stir in the flour 2 tablespoons at a time and mix it with a wooden spatula. When half of the flour is used up add the flour, followed by a teaspoon of lemon juice. Repeat the process till the flour and lemon juice is over. Stir in the zest of lemon. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 180C for 25 – 30 minutes or till a toothpick/ skewer comes out clean.

Let the cake cool completely.

Ingredients for Lemon Curd

Egg – 1
Juice of one lemon
Zest of one lemon
Caster sugar – 50 gms
Butter – 1 tbsp

Place the egg in a pan and lightly beat it with a fork. Pour the lemon juice and add sugar. Mix well.

Prepare a double boiler (A pan with ½ to ¾ boiling water – once the water has started boiling turn to low heat).

Place the pan with the egg mix in the double boiler and mix well. When the egg mix begins to form the consistency of custard, add the zest of a lemon. Continue stirring till the mix gains a thick consistency (about 6-9 minutes). Strain it immediately and add the butter and mix well till the butter is melted. Let it cool completely. Place a cling film or plastic wrap on top of the lemon curd to prevent the formation of a thick layer. Place it in the refrigerator till use.

Other Ingredients

Whipped Cream – 1 cup
Few Cherries

Assembling the cake

Cut the cake into two. Spread the lemon curd, followed by cream. Place the other piece of cake and smother it with lemon curd as seen in the second picture. Spread the whipping cream in the cake evenly. Place few about 3-4 tablespoons of lemon curd in the icing tube (use a nozzle of your choice) and pipe out a preferred design. Place few cherries on top for a color contrast. Serve immediate or chill it and serve. I like the chilled one. Enjoy!!







the recipe goes to Sinful Delights by Vardhini

21 comments:

  1. You made lemon curd? I had googled this and left the recipe alone as I do not have much patience. But your recipe seems easier. Must try.

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  2. WOW..THAT LOOKS SO YUMMY AND PERFECT...LOVED IT..

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  3. the cake looks wonderful and delicious... mouthwatering.

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  4. Great job! Roshan and i love this cake, Looks absolutely gorgeous!

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  5. delicious looking cake,adding lemon adds flavours.

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  6. Wat an elegant and prefect looking cake, am an addict to lemon curd,havent had since a long..

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  7. Looks gorgeous, lemon gives such a good taste to the cake:)

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  8. Love citrus flavored cake,looks yummy and perfect.

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  9. I love anything with lemon.. great flavor and taste. your cake looks fantastic.

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  10. That looks n sounds so refreshing n yum. Awesome job here :)


    US Masala

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  11. Cake looks beautiful and yummy!

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  12. Hi first hop on your blog - Lovely yummy cake - please do check my cake event dear march 31 last day for submission -

    Cheers, Priya
    http://priyasnowserving.blogspot.com/2011/02/announcing-second-guest-event.html

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  13. wow! that looks tempting! yummy!

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  14. All new ingredients and the cake looks pretty and tempting. Thx for linking to the event.

    Vardhini
    Event: Sinful Delights
    Event: Stuffed Paratha

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  15. Could you please check my event using my logo http://h4hemh4help.blogspot.com/2011/10/christmasnewyeareve2011.html.

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  16. hi 1st time here...the cake is mouthwatering...:)its looking awesome..
    pls link it to my ongoing event Yummy desserts for new year...

    http://pran-oriya-recipies.blogspot.com/2011/12/eee.html

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  17. i just loovvveee lemon curd!!!
    Pl participate in my event if you can-
    http://ambrotos.blogspot.com/2011/12/veggiefruit-of-month-cucumber.html

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Try it and let me know if you wanted to make some changes or if you made some changes and share the idea!

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