For the final May bake from Baking with Dorie by Dorie Greenspan, I made the Lemon Meringue Layer Cake. This is truly a labor of love, but totally worth it.
I should say at the beginning that I highly recommend making the candied lemon slices. They add such an intense pop of lemon to each piece of cake, that it's not to be missed.
Because this cake requires multiple steps, I prepped each step in advance so that the process went very smoothly. I chose to make one-third of the recipe, so my calculations were written out ahead of time and I used a 6-inch cake pan, which was precisely one-third of the batter volume. I made the lemon soaking syrup, the lemon cream, followed by the cake. After the cake had cooled, I whipped up the meringue butter cream frosting while the cake had a brief visit to the freezer to set the lemon cream, then assembled the cake. I let the cake chill overnight, making the candied lemon slices in the morning.
I love anything lemon, so this was a truly delicious treat. I would definitely consider serving it to guests, especially since it can be prepared the day before.
My lemons were freshly harvested from my backyard tree, which is loaded with especially tasty lemons.
All in all, a great dessert.
Stop by the Tuesdays with Dorie website to see how the other bakers fared.
6 comments:
I am impressed that you were able to use lemons that you grew yourself! Your cake looks delicious. It is definitely a labour of love to make. I made it twice, one 6” and one 8”, as a work colleague liked it so much that she asked for it for a fund raising morning tea that we had.
This looks perfect (noted re: the 6 inch pan - I really need one!) and I LOVE that you used lemons from your backyard!!
I'd love to have lemons from the backyard for this cake. Doing the recipe in parts ahead of time seems to be the way to go.
Your cake is picture perfect...and I absolutely love that you used lemons from your backyard!! This is a grand cake worthy of the work..I do love the way you scheduled it out though! It makes it more doable!
must have had extra zip with your homegrown lemons! yum!
How wonderful to have a lemon tree. Your cake looked beautiful. Glad you enjoyed all that lemon flavor.
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