’LEMON’ CURD SPONGE GF DF Low

Serves 4

Utensils

  • 18cm square cake pan
  • Star cutter
  • Piping bag and nozzle
  • Gold cachous for decoration (optional*)

Ingredients

Sponge

  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup (110g) castor sugar
  • ¼ cup (40g) gluten free plain flour
  • ¼ cup (40g) gluten free self-raising flour
  • ¼ cup (40g) maize cornflour
  • 1 tsp xanthan gum

‘Lemon’ curd

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup (80g) castor sugar
  • 30ml water
  • 60g Nuttalex
  • 1 tsp citric acid

Buttercream

  • 30g Nuttalex
  • ¾ cup pure icing sugar OR Orchard prepared white fondant icing

Method

Preheat the oven to 1800C

Making the sponge

  • Grease and line the square cake pan with baking paper
  • Beat the eggs and sugar together with an electric mixer for 8 minutes, or until it is thick and the sugar has dissolved
  • Triple sift the 3 flours and xanthan gum together
  • Fold the flours into the egg mixture one third at a time and pour into the cake pan
  • Cook for 25 minutes and then turn it out to a wire rack to cool

Making the ‘lemon’ curd

  • Combine all the ingredients into a heat proof bowel that can be placed over a saucepan of simmering water
  • Stir constantly until the mixture thickens such that it coats the back of a wooden spoon (usually 8-12 minutes)
  • Put into a bowl and cover, cool and then refrigerate about 1 hour before using

Making the buttercream

  • Beat the Nuttalex until creamy
  • Add the sifted icing sugar gradually and beat well. The mixture should be reasonably stiff
  • Beat half the ‘lemon’ curd into the buttercream. Refrigerate until required
  • Save the other half of the ‘lemon’ curd

Constructing the Cake

  • Use the top of drinking cups in your draw as a guide to cut 4 circles, about 6 cm in diameter, from the cake.
  • Cut each in half through the middle so they can be filled
  • Put 1 tsp of the remaining ‘lemon’ curd on each side of the cut cake and spread to the edges
  • Put 2 tsp of the lemon butter cream on one side of each half and spread to the edges
  • Place the top half back on each bottom cake

Decorating the top

  • You can pipe more buttercream on the top

OR

  • If you wish to use the white fondant then knead a small amount and roll it out on a board or bench top lightly sprinkled with pure icing sugar
  • Cut your 6cm circle using the same guide as for the cake
  • Place some buttercream on the top of the cake and spread to the edges
  • Place the circle of fondant on top of the butter cream
  • Decorate with star shapes as desired.
  • Refrigerate until serving
  • Put cachous on when it comes out of the fridge otherwise the colour will melt off when they condense.
    • *NB: the gold colour is not suitable to eat for the strict elimination diet. Your choice to remove it or not to use them for decoration.
    • *Be careful as some cachous contain wheat starch. Especially important for those with coeliac disease to avoid.
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