Lemon Cakes with Mascarpone and Lemon Curd
Photography Manja Wachsmuth.
Gorgeous moist cakes get filled with lemon curd and mascarpone, topped with a dusting of icing sugar. Simple and delicious.
INGREDIENTS
150 grams butter, at room temperature
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs, size 7, lightly beaten
125 grams plain flour
100 grams ground almonds
1 teaspoons baking powder
150ml buttermilk
finely grated zest 1 large lemon
¼ cup flaked almonds
To assemble
200 grams mascarpone
½ cup purchased lemon curd (I use Anathoth)
icing sugar, for dusting
METHOD
Grease a 12-hole, standard muffin tin and line the bases with baking paper.
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan bake.
Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs until very well mixed.
Combine the flour, ground almonds and baking powder.
Add to the butter mixture, along with the buttermilk and lemon zest and gently mix everything together.
Divide evenly between the tins and smooth the tops. Scatter over the almonds.
Bake for 20–25 minutes or until firm to the touch and the cakes are pulling away from the sides of the tins. Leave in the tins to cool.
To assemble: Carefully cut the top off each cake then spread the bottom half with mascarpone and lemon curd. Replace the tops and dust with icing sugar. Makes 12
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