3 months agoMade my birthday cake a day early🎂
Ingredients:
Sponge cake:
1 cup flour *sifted* (plus more to coat the baking pan)
2/3 cup sugar
4 eggs (room temperature)
Pastry cream filling:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
Pinch of sea salt
2 cups whole milk
4 egg yolks
2 tbsp salted butter (plus more to decrease the baking pan)
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups, heavy whipping cream
Meringue:
8 egg whites
2 cups sugar
Half a lemon plus the zest
Preheat oven to 350
Mix in 2/3 cups of sugar and 4 eggs until it is a smooth, off white texture.
Fold in sifted flour slowly folding it in (make sure not to over mix it)
Line a 9″ pan (I used to and just cut each one)
Add mixture into buttered and floured pan.
Bake for 12 minutes or until top is slightly golden
Let cake chill for 30 mins and remove from pan.
Slice into 2 layers or if you pour the whole batter into one pan sliced into 4 layers.
For the filling, whisk together milk and egg yolks in a bowl until it is fully blended and then add to saucepan along with butter, sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Turn on stove to medium heat and whisk until it comes to a steady boil.
Let boil 1 minute, still whisking; then remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Strain pastry cream through a sifter into a bowl.
Cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto surface of cream to prevent skin from forming.
Refrigerate until chilled.
Meanwhile, whip together, heavy whipping cream until fluffy and fold in the chilled filling little at a time.
Add filling to each layer of cake.
For the meringue, whip the egg whites with the sugar and lemon juice until you have a thick, glossy, white meringue consistency.
Decorate, torch and enjoy!
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