Raspberry & Lemon Spring / Easter Cake

Submitted by Um Safia

"This is a perfect Easter or spring time cake! Found in the Morrisons magazine - this cake looks so pretty!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 20
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 300 g caster sugar
• 350 g butter, softened
• 9.85 ml almond essence
• 6 medium eggs, beaten
• 150 g ground almonds
• 300 g self raising flour
• 4 lemons, zest of, grated (optional)

• For the Drizzle

• 150 g icing sugar
• 59.16 ml lemon juice

• For the Filling

• 300 ml double cream
• 150 g lemon curd
• 200 raspberries

• For the Icing

• 300 g royal icing sugar
• 44.37 ml lemon juice
• yellow food coloring

• For the Decoration

• mini chocolate egg (optional)
• fresh edible flower (optional)
• raspberries (optional)
• strawberry (optional)
• rose petal (optional)

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350°F Grease & flour two 20cm / 8" cake tins.
2. Beat the sugar, butter & almond extract until pale & fluffy. Gradually the egg, then fold in the ground almonds, flour, lemon zest & juice.
3. Spoon into the tins, smooth the top & bakes for 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake.
4. Make a drizzle by mixing the icing sugar& lemon juice together. When the cake comes out of the oven, turn out onto a cooling rack set over a plate. Prick the cakes all over with a skewer & drizzle the syrup over. Set aside to cool/.
5. Whip the cream & fold in the lemon curd. Set one cake on a plate, level the top if necessary & spoon the filling over the top. Sprinkle with the raspeberries & set the other cake on the top. Set aside.
6. To make the icing, mix the lemon juice & icing sugar to make a spoonable thick paste. Use a few drops of colouring to get a nice pastel yellow colour & spoon evenly all over the top of the cake & round the sides. Run a pallet knife round the sides to neaten them up & make sure the icing is evenly distributed.
7. Top with your choice of decorations - chocolate mini eggs, fresh fruit, flowers etc.

Reviews

[wingette]

AMAZING!!!! This cake was a jaw dropper. It was beautiful to create, mouthwatering to smell and look at and just divine to eat. This cake will be remembered and re-created for many Easters to come. Thank you so much!!!