Zesty Lemon Sponge Cake

With Mothering Sunday just around the corner I have been thinking about what gift to get for my mum. I think it's nice to show my her how much she is thought of and how thankful I am to have her in my life and my boys.

This year my brother is coming down and bringing Mum to my house where for lunch and I will make a cake for her. One of her favourite cake flavours is lemon and last year I made one that she really enjoyed for her birthday so I thought I would make it again for Mothering Sunday. It is taken from Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery  book which has some fab cake recipes in it. I have adapted it slightly by making the cake batter a bit differently and adding lemon curd to sandwich the sponge together, which is why I have changed the name of it, but the recipe is as follows

Ingredients

Cake:

225g caster sugar

225g self raising flour

1  1/2 tsp baking powder

25g cornflour

225g unsalted butter, at room temperature

4 large (free range from my 'would be' in-laws chickens) eggs

Juice and grated zest of 2 large or 3 small lemons

Filling:

A batch of butter cream - I have cheated and used a ready made one (I can make my own as my previous recipes have shown but I didn't have enough icing sugar so ready made is always handy to have as a standby I think!)

Jar of good quality lemon curd

Pretty edible cake decorations 

Preheat oven to 170oC (fan) or 190oC 

Grease and line two 8inch sandwich tins

Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy 

Add the eggs and beat well

Add all the dry ingredients , having sifted , and mix well but be careful not to over mix

Stir through the zest and juice from the lemons 

Divide the mixture between the two tins and cook for about 25-30 mins until springy and a knife comes out clean when inserted 

Once completely cooled, spread the butter cream on the inside of one sponge and the lemon curd on the other and then carefully sandwich the two together. 

Add more butter cream to the top of the cake and then decorate with some pretty things of your choice - I am using wafer flowers 

If like me, you and your Mum enjoy cake making (and eating *ahem*) then ASDA have some great value kitchen gift ideas for Mothers Day 

I used the cake stand to sit my zesty lemon cake on, and although it seemed small when I first saw it, it does in fact make the perfect fit for a 8 inch sponge cake

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