Lemon Zest Pastry Cake

Description:

Lemon Zest Pastry cake. It came out very soft, juicy, the tangy and zest flavor was the highlight.

Ingredients:

Sugar: 1/2 Cup
Curd(Thick): 1/2 Cup
Butter(Melted): 1/4 Cup(I prefer Amul salted)
Lemon zest: 1 tsp
All purpose flour: 1 Cup
Baking powder: 1 tsp
Baking Soda: 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice: 2 tbsp
Milk: 1/3 cup
Food Yellow Color: Few drops.

Cream Ingredients:
Whipping Cream: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 tbsp
Lemon essence: Few drops
Food Yellow Color: Few drops.
Make sugar syrup with 2 tbsp sugar, little water, few drops of lemon and keep it aside.

Method of Preparation:

1. First lets make the cream and refrigerator one day before so it will thick in consistency.
2. Mix Whipping cream and 1tsbp sugar and whisk it till soft peaks.
3. Add few drops of color and lemon essence. Mix it with cut and fold method. Put it in the refrigerator.
4. Lets make the cake.
5. Mix sugar, curd, butter, zest and whisk it.
6. In a strainer add all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda.
7. Add it to the butter mixture little by litte in cut and fold method.
8. Add lemon juice, milk, yellow color and mix it in cut and fold method .
9. Grease the pan add the cake mixture.
10. Preheat convention oven for 5mins.
11. Bake them for 35-40 mins 180 degrees in convention mode.
12. Once cake is cooled down. Cut them into layers.
13. To cake layer. Apply sugar syrup. Add the cream. And repeat it.
14. Decorate it to your taste. Refrigerator it for 2 hours at least.
15. Ready…to EAT.