Homemade cake with lemons and cream
Easy to make and so soft and creamy, with delicious tangy lemon slices.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time40 minutes mins
Cooling and assembling:40 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 35 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Russian
Keyword: Cake, condensed milk, Lemon
Servings: 8
Calories: 739kcal
Author: ChiefElf
Mixing bowl
Electric mixer or whisk
Cake form (spring form)
Medium saucepan
For the sponge cake:
- 4 large eggs
- 180 grams white granulated sugar
- 130 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar (vanillin)
For the cream:
- 1 can condensed milk
- 250 grams butter, melted
For the sugar lemon:
- 1 lemon
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1-2 cups crushed walnuts or almonds (optional)
Make the sponge cake:
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Grease and line with parchment paper a round cake form or spring form. Set aside until needed.I used a 20 cm (8 inch) spring cake form. In a large mixing bowl beat together eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. This will take several minutes.
In order for the eggs to fluff up, the mixing bowl and the whisk/mixer whisk need to be fat free and very clean and dry. You can use some white vinegar to wipe down the bowl and equipment before beating the eggs.
In another bowl combine together the flour, vanilla sugar and baking powder.
Once the eggs are nice and fluffy, start gradually, one tablespoon at a time, adding the flour mixture and gently mixing with a whisk, until all the flour mix is incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake form and bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes. Time may vary depending on your oven and the size of the cake form.Important: Do not open the oven in the first 20 minutes of baking time, otherwise there is a good chance of cake deflating. Check if the cake has baked through by inserting a toothpick in the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is ready.Take the cake out of the oven and allow to cool down in the form for about 10-15 minutes, before removing. Optional: If you have time, then take the cake out of the form, remove the parchment paper and wrap the cake into plastic food wrap and place it in the fridge for an hour or so. That way the cake will behave better when cutting into layers. But it's also ok without the fridge part.
To make the cream:
Melt the butter. Add the melted butter into condensed milk and mix through until well combined.
The cream will be quiet liquid. But it is good, as this will be absorbed by the sponge cake.