Helen Goh’s Recipe For Lemon Curd Layer Cake | The Sweet Spot

This is some elemental and celebratory, which successful my book makes it conscionable correct for Mother’s Day adjacent weekend. It has a fine, tender crumb, which pairs beautifully pinch nan soft, creamy tang of citrus mascarpone, and I usage citrus curd successful nan batter (shop-bought for ease) to bring a peculiar smoothness and extent of citrus flavour. Finished pinch a small other curd and a scattering of edible flowers, it is beautiful and unfussy and will hopefully make your ain mother’s day.

Lemon curd furniture cake

Prep 5 min
Cook 1 hr
Serves 8-10

330g plain flour
2½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp good oversea brackish
225g room-temperature unsalted butter
225g caster sugar
Finely grated zest of 2 lemons
3 ample eggs, astatine room temperature
160g citrus curd
250ml full milk
Small edible flowers, to decorate

For nan citrus mascarpone
250g citrus curd, positive other to decorate
250g mascarpone

Heat nan oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4 and statement nan guidelines and sides of 2 20cm information barroom tins pinch baking paper.

Sift nan flour, baking powder and brackish into a mean bowl. Put nan butter, sweetener and citrus zest successful nan vessel of an electrical mixer and hit pinch nan paddle attachment connected medium-high for astir 2 minutes, until pale, soft and creamy. Add nan eggs 1 astatine a time, beating good aft each summation and scraping down nan sides and guidelines of nan vessel arsenic needed. With nan mixer connected low, adhd nan sifted barren ingredients alternately pinch nan citrus curd and milk, astir a 3rd astatine a clip and ending pinch nan past of nan barren ingredients. Beat conscionable until incorporated, scraping down nan vessel a mates of times to guarantee an moreover mix.

Divide nan batter evenly betwixt nan 2 lined tins (about 660g per tin) and level nan tops pinch a mini spatula. Bake for 35 minutes, aliases until a skewer inserted into nan centre comes retired clean. Remove from nan oven and time off nan cakes to cool successful nan tins earlier turning them out.

To assemble, make nan citrus mascarpone cream. Put nan citrus curd and mascarpone successful nan vessel of an electrical mixer and hit pinch nan whisk attachment connected medium-high, until soft waves shape and nan operation conscionable holds its shape.

Place 1 barroom connected a serving sheet and dispersed pinch half nan citrus mascarpone cream. Place nan 2nd barroom connected apical and dispersed nan remaining mascarpone pick complete it. To finish, swirl aliases dollop a small other citrus curd connected nan apical and decorate pinch edible flowers.