The Simplest Lemon Cake with Cream
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A printable The Simplest Lemon Cake with Cream recipe card from Yummy Life, with eggs, sugar, pinch of salt and vanillin or vanilla sugar and step-by-step instructions from the original YouTube video. Tags: baked, baking, cake and citrus. ChefScribe makes the video easier to follow as a clean recipe card.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 70g sugar
- pinch of salt
- vanillin or vanilla sugar
- 80g flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 40g sugar
- lemon zest to taste
- vanillin or vanilla sugar
- 30g cornstarch
- 3 egg yolks
- 250g milk
- 150g heavy cream 33%
- 80g water
- 25g lemon juice
- ~100g whipped cream
- lemon wedges
Method
- 1
Preheat oven and prepare a 20 cm cake mold.
- 2
Beat 3 eggs with 70g sugar, salt, and vanilla until fluffy.
- 3
Sift flour with baking powder and gently fold into egg mixture.
- 4
Pour batter into mold and bake until a toothpick comes out clean.
- 5
For lemon cream, mix sugar, lemon zest, vanilla, cornstarch, and egg yolks.
- 6
Heat milk and gradually add to egg mixture, stirring constantly.
- 7
Cook mixture until thickened, then cool.
- 8
Whip 150g heavy cream and fold into cooled lemon cream.
- 9
Prepare lemon syrup by mixing water and lemon juice.
- 10
Soak baked sponge cake with lemon syrup to keep moist.
- 11
Layer sponge cake with lemon cream and repeat if desired.
- 12
Top with whipped cream and decorate with lemon wedges.
- 13
Refrigerate cake overnight for best flavor and texture.
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Original video
Source video from Yummy Life. The recipe card keeps the ingredients and steps handy while you cook.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRDQydqFl_U
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