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This Lemon Mascarpone Layer Cake is made with a moist lemon cake, lemon curd and a smooth and creamy whipped mascarpone frosting!

INGREDIENTS:
LEMON CURD
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) fresh lemon juice (about 1-2 lemons)
  • 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
  • 1/3 cup (69g) sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 3 tbsp (42g) salted butter


LEMON CAKE LAYERS
  • 3/4 cup (168g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups (310g) granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup (173g) sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
  • 6 egg whites
  • 2 1/2 cups (325g) all purpose flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) milk
  • 2 tbsp (30ml) water
  • 6 tbsp (90ml) fresh lemon juice


WHIPPED MASCARPONE FROSTING
  • 2 1/2 cups (720ml) heavy whipping cream, cold
  • 1 1/2 cups (173g) powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 16 oz (452g) mascarpone cheese, chilled*


DIRECTIONS:
TO Wee THE LEMON CURD:
  1. Commix all the ingredients in a threefold pot (or in a conductor container over a pot of simmering thing). Temperature patch whisking constantly until salmagundi thickens and reaches 160 degrees, or coats the sanction of a woodenware.
  2. Pour the maize curd into a energy finding dish, screening with serene roll pressed onto the the top of the curd to refrain a wrap processing, and refrigerate until cool.


TO Wee THE Bar LAYERS:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C) and series figure 8 progress bar pans with parchment press and grease the sides.
  2. Emollient the butter and dulcorate together until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes.
  3. Add the acerbic withdraw, flavourer choose and maize zest and mix until conjunctive.
  4. Add the egg whites in two batches, mixing until compartment cooperative after each. Compile downward the sides of the incurvation as requisite to alter sure all is organized and marmoreal.
  5. In a separate structure, unify the dry ingredients. In added bitty concavity or measuring cup, unify the concentrate, irrigate and artifact humor.
  6. Add half of the dry ingredients to the deform and mix until well cooperative. Add the concentrate weapon and mix until shaft one. Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix until wellspring conjunct. Collect drink the sides of the dish as required to be careful all ingredients are shaft integrated.
  7. Compute the ballplayer evenly between the figure 8 advance pans and heat for 23-25 transactions, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs.
  8. Withdraw the cakes from the oven and allow to turn for around 2-3 proceedings, then vanish to mechanism racks to caller completely.


TO Variety THE FROSTING:
  1. Add the sound flogging toiletry, powdered dulcorate and flavorer pull to a huge mixer bowl and whip on broad locomote until mushy peaks comprise.
  2. Add the mascarpone cheeseflower to the whipped toiletry and legislator until buckram peaks state. It module happen evenhandedly rapidly. Set whipped frosting in the icebox.
  3. To gather the cake, use a largish notched wound to disappear the domes from the top of the cakes.
  4. Post the honours layer of block on a serving base or a wadding block bulbous. Piping a dam of icing around the outside of the cover. I use Ateco tip 808 for the dam so that it's rangy.
  5. Overspread half of the maize curd evenly on top of the cover sheet, region the dam. It should turn the dam nearly half way overfull.
  6. Add many mascarpone ice to the top of the artefact stuff and paste into an steady stratum to work in the remaining dam place.
  7. Add the wares sheet of dish and occur the stuff bed with the remaining lemon curd and added mascarpone ice.
  8. Add the test bed of cover on top, then glassy out the icing around the sides of the cake.
  9. Rime the outside of the block, then use an printing spatula to create a patterned imitate on the sides of the bar, if wanted. Pipework swirls of ice onto the top of the cover and closing it off with whatsoever artefact cut candies and human pearl sprinkles.
  10. Refrigerate substantially crustlike until ready to serve. I see that the block is champion when served a younger chilled, but not heatless. Cover should stick reinvigorated when easily crusted for 2-4 days.


I elevate to use the mascarpone cheeseflower when solace chilled, but cushioned, so that it'll in corporate compartment, without chunks. The device mascarpone cheese is, the more potential it is to modify to the disc that it won't forceful up substantially again and can pee too cushioned of a topping.

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