Recipe: Perfect Lemon Custard Cake

Lemon Custard Cake.

You can cook Lemon Custard Cake using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Custard Cake

1. You need 4 of large eggs, seperated, yolks in one bowl, whites in another large bowl. Cover and bring to room temperature.
2. You need 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
3. Prepare 1 of lemon juiced, about 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice.
4. You need 1 teaspoon of lemon zest.
5. You need 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, melted and at room temperature.
6. It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tarter.
8. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
9. Prepare 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
10. It's 2 of cups,milk, heated just until luke warm.
11. It's of confectioner's sugar for dusting.
12. You need 1 tablespoon of sweetened cocoa powder.
13. Prepare of FOR SERVING.
14. It's of whipped cream.
15. Prepare of fresh berries.

Lemon Custard Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray an 8 by 8 baking dish with bakers spray. Be sure to use an 8 by 8 pan to get the layered results.
2. Beat the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and salt until pale in color and fluffy.
3. Add the lemon juice and zest and beat in.
4. Add and beat in the melted butter.
5. Add the flour in 2 additions, stirring it in until blended.
6. Add the warm milk to the mixture and combine until blended. Batter will be very thin.
7. Beat egg whites with cream of tarter until they form stiff peaks.
8. Gently but completely fold egg whites into batter. It will still be thin.
9. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake about 40 to 50 minutes until golden on top and firm to touch. Mine takes 45 minutes in my oven.
10. .
11. Cool completely before carefully running a thin knife around edges and removing from pan.
12. Invert onto confectioner's sugar dusted kitchen towel.
13. Carefully turn over onto serving plate.
14. Dust with sweetened cocoa powder, cover and chill at least 6 hours.
15. Cut into sqares.
16. Serve with whipped cream and fresh berries.