Lemon Cake
Deliciously tart, this gorgeous lemon cake is one of our most popular recipes!
Ingredients
- 4 oz (115 g) white chocolate, chopped
- 1 ¾ cups (430 ml) 35% cream
- ½ tsp gelatin
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) water
- ½ cup (125 ml) lemon juice
- ½ cup (105 g) sugar
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup (55 g) cold unsalted butter, diced
- 1 ¼ cups (190 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 5 eggs, at room temperature and separated
- 1 ¼ cups (265 g) sugar
- 1/3 cup (75 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 lemons, zest finely grated
- ¼ cup (60 ml) lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt
- Yellow food colouring (optional)
- 2 graham cracker cookies, broken into pieces
- 5 small crunchy meringues
Instructions
- Place the white chocolate in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a pot, bring the cream to a boil. Pour the hot cream over the white chocolate and let rest 1 minute without stirring. Whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Deliciously tart, this gorgeous lemon cake is one of our most popular recipes!