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Lemon Cake with Bumbleberry Frosting

Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 1 Cake (2 Layer)

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 2 cups flour (pastry or all-purpose)
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1+1/3 cups butter
  • 1+1/3 cups sugar
  • 1+1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp lemon extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup whole milk

Lemon Curd

  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (approximately 2 lemons)
  • 2 Tbsps lemon zest
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter

Frosting

  • 5 egg whites
  • 2 cups sugar
  • large pinch salt
  • 2 cups unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 1 cup bumbleberry purée

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Whisk or sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl. In a stand mixer, cream the butter, then gradually add the sugar, 1/3 cup at a time, then add the vanilla. Blend the eggs into the butter mixture, one at a time. Add the dry ingredients slowly, alternating with the milk, until fully mixed. Pour the batter into greased and papered cake tin(s). Bake at 350ºF/177ºC until toothpick comes out clean (30-35min for 6" cake tins). Cool fully.

Lemon Curd

  • Add all the ingredients except the butter in a saucepan and blend together. Place over low heat and cook, stirring continuously, until thickened, remove from heat. Add the butter slowly, stirring in completely. Cool.

Frosting

  • Place the egg whites and sugar in a stand mixer metal bowl, and place over a pot of simmering water. Cook until the temperature reaches 71ºC (160ºF). Remove from the heat, place on the stand mixer with a whisk attachment and whip until stiff peaks form. Beat in the salt, then add the butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Fold in the bumbleberry purée.
Keyword Berries, Cake, Icing, Layer Cake, Lemon