I haven't baked for ages and although I've made jams and chutneys recently and made some very tasty meals, I don't remember the last time that I spent the afternoon baking.
I feel like I've managed to master my pastry but I haven't ever quite mastered the sponge. Cupcakes never really work out so I thought maybe I would try a layer cake. I went for something plain and simple so as not to get carried away with frills and whistles, rather than concentrating on the texture and flavour of the cake.
I keep seeing fantastic layer cakes, and although I attempted one a year back, it never really lived up to Emily's or these tasty looking treats on Pinterest.
When searching through for recipes it's tricky to find fab ones that are in English measurements, but after a quick bit of looking good old Delia came up a treat!
This lemon layer cake was the perfect choice! I doubled the recipe to make it a super tall 4 layer cake and added some lemon juice and icing sugar to the icing to make it a bit less creamy. Admittedly also I used shop bought lemon curd as that was a bit much to do as well!
I cannot believe how super quick and easy this cake was and the result was flipping amazing!
What layer cakes have you tried?
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