Orange Citrus Cake & Lemon Ginger Jam
Recipe for an ultra-soft and decadent cake with Lemon Ginger Jam
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Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 25g lemon-ginger jam
For the syrup:
- 75mL lemon juice
- 30g sugar
For the glaze:
- Juice of half a lemon
- 200g powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F).
- Beat 125g of softened butter and 140g of sugar until the mixture is white and homogeneous.
- Add 2 eggs and continue to beat.
- Add 200g of flour, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of baking powder, and mix well.
- Add 25g of lemon-ginger jam and mix.
- Finally, pour in 150g of heavy cream and mix until combined.
- Pour the batter into a buttered or parchment-lined loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- 5 minutes before removing from the oven, combine 75mL of lemon juice and 30g of sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- As soon as the cake is out of the oven, leave it in the pan and immediately brush it with the syrup using a pastry brush.
- Leave the cake in the pan and let it cool completely, then refrigerate overnight.
- The next day, prepare the glaze by mixing the juice of half a lemon with 200g of powdered sugar.
- Remove the cake from the pan, pour the glaze over it, and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.
- the oven to 150°.
- Cream 125g butter and 140g sugar until white and smooth
- Add 2 eggs and whisk
- Add 200g flour, 1⁄2 tsp salt, 1⁄2 tsp baking powder and mix
- Add 25g of lemon-ginger jam and mix.
- Finally pour in 150g of liquid cream, mixPour into the buttered or lined with baking paper cake tin
- Bake for 1h30
- 5 minutes before removing from the oven, pour 75ml of lemon juice and 30g of sugar into a saucepan and bring to the boil.
- When the cake comes out of the oven, leave it in the tin and brush immediately with syrup.
- Turn the cake out onto a plate, leaving it in its tin, leave to cool and refrigerate overnight.
- The next day, prepare the icing by mixing the juice of half a lemon with 200g icing sugar.
- Unmould the cake, pour over the glaze and set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.