Lemon and Cream Celebration Cake
Happy new year from Flour, Cake and Pastry! Here's our first recipe of 2018,and it's to die for! Lemons, cream and chocolate... Does it get any better? Ingredients 10oz self raising flour 10oz butter, softened 10oz caster sugar 5 large eggs Zest and juice of 2 lemons 800ml double cream 2-3tbsp sieved icing sugar (to taste) Lemon curd 200g milk chocolate Method Preheat your oven to 180C, and grease and line 3 8inch cake tins. Beat together the butter and sugar until creamy and smooth. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Slowly add in the flour and mix well before adding in the lemon. Mix again until combined. Split the cake batter between the three tins and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted to the centre comes out clean. Once cooked, cool in the tins for 10 minutes before tipping out onto a cake wire to cool completely. Meanwhile, whip the cream until it reaches soft peaks. Stir in some sieved ic...