With strawberries in season I am glad to share with you this delightful and delicate summer dessert, Strawberry Lemon Layer Cake. The cake consists of four thin layers of vanilla lemon sponge cake filled with a generous amount of freshly made strawberry jam and with Mascarpone lemon frosting. The cake is so light and refreshing and is simply bursting with summer flavor.
Ingredients
Makes about 12 servings
Vanilla Lemon Sponge
8 eggs, separated
1 cup (200g) sugar, divided
1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
1 cup (125g) all purpose flour
1/2 tsp (2g) baking powder
1/2 tsp (2g) salt
Lemon zest of a lemon
Strawberry Jam
1 pound (450g) fresh or frozen strawberries
1/3 cup (70g) sugar
3 tbsp (45ml) fresh lemon juice
Mascarpone Lemon Frosting
1 pound (500g) Mascarpone cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup (90g) powdered sugar
1 cup (400g) whipping cream (35% fat), chilled
1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
Lemon zest of a large lemon
For Decoration
10 oz (300g) whipping cream
Fresh strawberries, cut in half
Nicholas: With strawberries in season I am glad to share with you this delightful and delicate summer dessert, Strawberry Lemon Layer Cake. Date: 2022-06-16
