Lemon Cake With Lemon Cream

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Recipe Category / Cookies and Cakes

Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream

20' 50' 8-10 1


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Ingredients

For cake:

100 g butter, melted


6 eggs
350 g sugar
grated zest of 6 lemons
150 ml heavy cream
280 g flour
100 g rum or cognac
2 tablespoons baking powder

For filling:

8 lemons
Method 100 g corn starch
225 g granulated sugar
For the filling: 100 g butter
6 egg yolks
In a pot, add water and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium to high heat. 350 g water
Zest 4 lemons and juice all 8 (use more or less juice depending on how sour
you prefer the filling).
In a bowl, add the lemon zest, lemon juice and corn starch. Whisk until the
corn starch dissolves completely.
Add to the pot, lower the heat and whisk continuously until the
mixture thickens (make sure you cook off the taste of flour).
Remove from heat, add the yolks, whisking continuously until completely
incorporated.
Add the butter and stir to incorporate.
Pour filling into a rectangular pan.
Smooth the surface with a spatula and cover with plastic wrap, making sure
the wrap directly touches the surface.
Refrigerate for 1 hour to chill.

For the cake:

Preheat oven to 170* C (330*F) Fan.


In a bowl, add the zest, 6 eggs and sugar.
Whisk and add the heavy cream.
Add the flour, baking powder and half of the cognac.
Mix continuously until all of the flour has dissolved and then add the butter.
Grease a 35x12 cm cake pan with butter and dust with flour.
Bake for 35-50 minutes.
When ready, remove from oven and allow it to rest for 5-10 minutes.
Turn out cake on to a wire rack to cool completely.
Soak cake with remaining cognac.
Remove filling from refrigerator and beat in a mixer using the whisk
attachment until light and fluffy (1-2 minutes).
Transfer mixture to a piping bag.
Cut cake in to slices and serve with the lemon cream filling adn lemon zest.

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