What is the first citrus fruit that comes to your mind? Undoubtedly it must be the lemon, a small fruit with a sour taste that never ceases to amaze and is used in everyday life.
Known for its
multiple benefits
lemon is almost always used in beverages, but if you want, and it is possible, it can be used in quality desserts and best of all, extremely simple and inexpensive!
If for this Christmas you don’t know how to surprise your guests, get the tremendous recipe that we bring for you to decorate this special season.
Lemon Cake – the best recipe with Oven
To make this cake in addition to the ingredients that we present below you will need an oven.
Ingredients
- 280 millilitres of whipping cream
- 175 grams of pastry flour
- 125 milliliters of lemon juice
- 125 grams of cold butter from the fridge
- 80 grams of sugar (you can use more if you want a sweeter taste)
- 50 grams of wholemeal flour
- 20 grams of icing sugar (also known as powdered sugar or nevazucar)
- 3 good sized eggs
- 2 egg yolks on the side
- Salt
Recipe for making lemon tart
- Place in a bowl the two flours, the sugar, the salt and the cold butter cut into cubes. Blend everything together until smooth.
- Add the egg, beat well and put the previously prepared dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, paint the baking tin with butter and roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Prick the bottom with a fork.
- Cover the mould with kitchen paper and place some bags with some kind of weight on top of it. Put in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
- When you take it out of the oven, remove the weight and the baking paper and put the pan back in the oven for at least 10 more minutes.
- Squeeze the lemons and strain the juice extracted. The ideal is to get 125 milliliters of juice.
- Get ready and beat the large eggs, egg yolks and sugar and immediately add the cream. In this preparation pour the lemon juice, salt and mix well.
- Add the cream into the mold and break the bubbles. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes and let cool well before serving.
If you want to impress a little more, get creative and put a little custard or meringue on top of the cake with a few light touches of lemon zest. Don’t forget to leave it in the refrigerator so it’s as tasty as they expect.
