Cathy's Birthday Lemon Curd Cake

My sister Cathy loves lemon anything...I can remember her when we were kids sucking on lemons...that is definitely the mark of a lemon lover....so for her birthday I made her the Lemon Curd Cake from "Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook"....absolutely delicious and the lemon loving Cathy gave it 5 stars so you can take that as sign you should bake this cake...because it is so rich and tart, a small sliver is all you need which means this cake can serve a crowd without a problem...


A page from the book.....

I always make lemon curd from the cookbook "Luscious Lemon Desserts" by Lori Longbotham...it is fabulous...it is very similar to the recipe in the MS Baking Handbook...if you love lemon this cookbook has some delightful lemon desserts...the lemon bars are to die for!

The butter readied for creaming....

Dry ingredients prepared....

Lemon zest, lemon juice and sour cream ready...these ingredients add the moisture and flavor the cake...


Butter and sugar creamed together...light and fluffy....

A beautiful batter....

Batter divided evenly in buttered pans lined with parchment paper buttered again and then floured...no chance these cakes were not coming out of the pans in one piece!

Beautiful golden layers baked in about 35 minutes....

After the cakes cooled...I made the Swiss Meringue frosting which lemon curd is added to for another blast of lemon flavor...the cakes are split in two and layered with lemon curd and stacked four high...a crumb layer of frosting is applied and the cake is chilled for a half hour...then the remainder of the cake is iced and chilled again for a half hour and then the cake is decorated with lemon curd dots and stripes...it has wonderful eye appeal and is soooooo goooood..


Isn't this a beauty of a cake...Cathy enjoyed it as well as everyone else...

Elizabeth