Recipe
This Lemon Curd Cake Will Make Your Momma Proud
With Mother’s day right around the corner, make your mom proud with a dense vanilla cake filled with luscious lemon curd that is as bright and sunny as the queen herself. So show your mom that you’re officially an adult this year with a cake that says “I love you!” as well as “I can bake without burning the dorm down!”
This Lemon Curd Cake Will Make Your Momma Proud
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1.5 hours
- Servings: 5 servings
- Medium
Ingredients
- 1 baked vanilla cake
- 1 cup lemon curd
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoon confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Step 1
Begin by cutting your cake into layers. We cut ours into three, but feel free to stick with just two layers if you’re worried about messing it up. Use a breadknife for best results.
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Step 2
Combine the confectioners sugar, vanilla extract and heavy whipping cream. Whip until you achieve stiff peaks.
#SpoonTip: Fold in a tablespoon or two of lemon curd to your whipped cream for an extra punch of lemon.
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Step 3
Transfer half of the whipped cream to a piping bag fitted with the tip of your choice.
#SpoonTip: If you don’t have a piping bag, a resealable plastic bag with the tip cut off works just as well.
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Step 4
Pipe a ring of whipped cream around the edge of the first layer of cake.
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Step 5
Fill the center with the lemon curd and top it with the second layer of cake.
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Step 6
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the next layer of cake.
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Step 7
Frost the sides of the cake with the other half of the whipped cream.
Step 8
Use the remaining whipped cream to decorate the rest of the cake. Make your mom proud.
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Step 9
Cut and serve the cake to the most important queen (sorry, Beyoncé) in your life: your mom.
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