LEMON CAKE

 

I love Lemon!  Lemon aromatizes food, dishes, drinks, creams and drinks. It can be used in so many ways, but its greatest asset is the benefit it gives us by improving our immunity system.

It´s packed with Vitamin C, prevents premature ageing and some types of cancer, detoxifies the body, speeds up the healing process and is anti-inflammatory.
 
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LEMON CAKE (Video)

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 160g Unsalted butter (at room temperature)
•  250g Plain Flour
•  200g Sugar
•  1/2 teaspoon baking powder
•  Peels of 1 lemon
•  1 whole egg + 3 egg yolks
•  2 Tablespoons of Lemon juice
•  160ml Buttermilk
•  1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
•  1/2 teaspoon of salt
•  Zest of 1 Lemon + 120 ml water
•  250ml Lemon Curd for Coverage (See the recipe at https://goo.gl/veaNsE )

 Method:

Begin by preheating the oven to 180º C (350º F) and grease a mould with butter and flour it. 

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and lemon zest. 

In another bowl, beat the butter with 150g of sugar until it is a light and fluffy mixture.Beat at low speed, the whole egg and egg yolks one ingredient at a time. Put the lemon juice in this mixture and beat again. Add the butter and sugar. 

Buttermilk can be bought at any supermarket, however, if you don´t have it, you can easily make it at home: just join 160ml of milk + 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and wait about 10 minutes until it´s curdled. 

Whisk alternately the flour and buttermilk starting and finishing with the flour mixture.Pour the cake batter into the mould and smooth the top. Let it cook in the oven for about 25 minutes for a centred opening cake mould. If the mould isn´t centred, bake another 10 minutes. 

While the cake bakes, make a syrup for the cake by joining the remaining 50g of sugar with 120ml of water. As soon as it boils, add the lemon peels and simmer for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and remove the peels from the syrup. 

Check with a toothpick if the cake is ready and remove it, letting it cool for about 15 minutes. 

Punch the cake with a fork, cover with syrup and let it cool. 

Finally, decorate the cake with the lemon curd.
 

Enjoy it!!!