The almond lemon cake with lemon mascarpone frosting is a classic dessert that combines the sweet and zesty flavors of lemon with the delicate nutty flavor of almonds. The result is a moist, flavorful cake that is perfect for any occasion. The combination of lemon and almond creates a unique and tantalizing flavor profile that will leave your taste buds wanting more. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, this recipe will guide you through the steps of creating this delicious treat from scratch.
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LEMON ALMOND CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE
Most lemon cakes rely on zest and juice for flavor. This one uses the whole fruit, pith and all, for an intense citrus flavor. There's also almond flour in the batter, which gives the cake a dense richness. If you can get Meyer lemons, use them here. Most likely the hybrid of a lemon and a mandarin, Meyer lemons, with thin skins and plenty of juice, are a bit sweeter and less acidic than regular lemons.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan. Put 2 lemons in a medium pot and cover with water by at least 2 inches. Bring to a boil, partly cover pot, and let simmer for 40 minutes, or until very tender.
- Use a slotted spoon to transfer lemons to a bowl. Let cool. Use a spoon to break open lemons and remove the pits. Purée lemons in a mini food processor or blender, scraping down the sides frequently.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Zest remaining lemon into a medium bowl. (Save the rest of the lemon for glaze.) Stir in almond meal, all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt.
- Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until very foamy. With the mixer still going, gradually beat in 1/4 cup sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Slide beaten whites onto a large plate.
- In the same mixing bowl (you don't need to wipe it out), beat egg yolks and remaining 1 cup sugar until thick and pale, about 1 minute. Beat in lemon purée, almond meal mixture and almond extract. Using a rubber spatula, fold in melted butter.
- Fold a third of the egg whites into the yolk mixture to lighten it. Fold in another third until well incorporated. Finally fold in remaining egg whites, taking care not to overmix. (A few white streaks are O.K.) Spread batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until top of cake is well browned and it springs back when lightly pressed in the center, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- When cake is almost cool but still slightly warm (after about 30 to 45 minutes), make the glaze. Juice the zested lemon into a bowl and stir in confectioners' sugar until you have a thick but pourable glaze (if it's too thick, stir in a few drops of water). Pour glaze over slightly warm cake and let cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 493, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 65 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 238 milligrams, Sugar 52 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LEMON CREPES WITH ALMOND MASCARPONE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For the lemon crepes: Whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth. Add the flour, sugar, salt and lemon zest and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
- For the almond mascarpone filling: Combine the heavy cream, mascarpone, sugar and vanilla extract in a separate medium bowl. Using a handheld mixer, beat on medium until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes. Fold in the chopped almonds.
- Heat a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add a teaspoon of the butter and swirl the pan until the butter is melted and coats the pan (you can also use a pastry brush to brush softened butter into the pan). Add 1/4 cup of the batter and swirl the pan to coat the bottom with an even thin coating of batter. Cook for 2 minutes, gently flip the crepe and cook for another minute on the other side. Remove to a plate and continue with the remaining batter, adding more butter as needed.
- To serve, place 1 heaping tablespoon almond mascarpone filling on one quarter of a crepe. Gently fold the crepe in half and then in half again making sort of a triangle. Serve 2 per plate, sprinkle with blueberries and dust with more lemon zest and powdered sugar. Drizzle with chocolate, if desired.
FLOURLESS ITALIAN ALMOND-LEMON CAKE
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Wash the lemons well. Add them to a pot with enough water to cover and simmer for 1 hour.
- Drain the lemons and allow them to cool enough to handle. They will look a bit "deflated," while the cooking water will be pale yellow and quite bitter.
- Trim the ends off each lemon and cut them in half crosswise. Scoop out and discard the seeds.
- Coarsely chop the lemons-peels and all.
- Put the lemons through a food mill with a coarse disk.
- Mill the lemons again with a fine disk in a food mill.
- Strain the lemon pulp through a fine-mesh strainer. Rub the lemon paste against the mesh with the back of a wooden spoon or the bottom of a ladle.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F/180 C. Soak a sheet of parchment paper with water, then crumple it and wring it out. Use it to line a 9-inch (22-centimeter) springform pan .
- In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks and granulated sugar until pale yellow and frothy, about 3 minutes.
- Beat in the lemon cream and almond meal.
- In a separate, clean, dry bowl, whip the egg whites to firm peaks .
- Gently fold the whites and baking powder into the lemon mixture.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out a bit sticky but without batter clinging to it. Keep an eye on the cake during the last few minutes because it can brown suddenly.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely before releasing it from the springform pan and placing it on a serving platter.
- Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 495 kcal, Carbohydrate 61 g, Cholesterol 140 mg, Fiber 9 g, Protein 15 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 118 mg, Sugar 45 g, Fat 25 g, ServingSize Serves 6 to 8, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
LEMON-ALMOND BUTTER CAKE
This buttery almond cake with lemon curd baked inside is like the ultimate citrus tart, without the heartbreak of pie crust. It's fancy enough to be served as a dinner party dessert, yet substantial enough to be served with Sunday brunch. (Bonus: you'll have several tablespoons of lemon curd left over. It's delicious on toast or pancakes.)
Provided by Regina Schrambling
Categories brunch, snack, cakes, dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the curd, combine zest, juice, sugar and eggs in a heatproof bowl, and beat well. Add butter, and place over a saucepan full of simmering water. Cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, until mixture thickens into curd, about 5 minutes. Strain into a bowl, and press plastic wrap onto surface to keep skin from forming. Refrigerate until cool, at least 1 1/2 hours.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9-inch spring-form pan with 1 tablespoon butter, and dust with 1 tablespoon flour, shaking out excess.
- With an electric mixer, cream the remaining butter and 1 cup sugar together until light and fluffy. Sift together the remaining flour, baking powder and salt, and stir in. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs until they start to foam. Do not overbeat or the cake will be tough. Add eggs and ground almonds to batter, and mix well.
- Scrape batter into the prepared pan. Drop 8 individual tablespoons lemon curd around perimeter of batter, leaving a 1-inch border, and taking care to space drops evenly. Drop 3 to 4 tablespoons curd into center of batter. Refrigerate remaining curd for another use. Sprinkle cake with toasted almonds and 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar, depending on taste.
- Bake until cake is toasty brown on top and a toothpick inserted into cake (not curd) comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool on rack 10 minutes, then remove sides of pan, and cool completely.
- Whip cream with almond liqueur. Present cake at table, and offer whipped cream on the side.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 563, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 66 grams, Fat 31 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 16 grams, Sodium 227 milligrams, Sugar 50 grams, TransFat 1 gram
LEMON CREAM CAKE
Drizzling limoncello liqueur over the layers before frosting adds a puckery punch to this refreshing confection. -Amy Frederick, Island City, Oregon
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 45m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water, eggs, oil and extract; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans., Bake at 350° for 22-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat the cheese, cream and lemon curd until smooth. Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Drizzle with half the limoncello if desired; spread with half the cheese mixture. Repeat layers. Garnish with raspberries and lemon zest. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 446 calories, Fat 27g fat (12g saturated fat), Cholesterol 114mg cholesterol, Sodium 326mg sodium, Carbohydrate 46g carbohydrate (29g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
ALMOND LEMON CAKE WITH LEMON MASCARPONE FROSTING
Make and share this Almond Lemon Cake With Lemon Mascarpone Frosting recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ellie3763
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 1 9-inch cake, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Cake:.
- Preheat oven to 400°F Butter a 9-inch round pan, line it with a circle of buttered parchment paper and then flour the pan.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar at medium-high speed for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Mix in the extracts and lemon zest, then beat in the egg. Working on low speed, add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 the buttermilk mixture, then another 1/3 of the flour, the last of the buttermilk, then the last of the flour. Mix until just combined.
- Scrape the batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then finish cooling on a rack. Cool to room temperature before frosting. If frosting the cake with mascarpone frosting, store the cake in the refrigerator.
- Frosting:.
- Beat cheese and cream together until smooth and creamy and slight peaks begin to form.
- Sift in the powdered sugar and zest and beat until smooth.
- Mix in the vanilla extract and spread on cooled cake.
- Hazelnut-Berry Version:
- Replace almond meal with hazelnut meal (hazelnuts ground into a fine powder), use vanilla extract instead of almond, use orange zest instead of lemon, and sprinkle the batter with 3/4 cup fresh mixed berries tossed with flour before baking.
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use fresh lemons. Bottled lemon juice or lemon extract will not produce the same bright, citrusy taste.
- To ensure that the cake bakes evenly, make sure that all of the ingredients are at room temperature before you start baking.
- Do not overmix the batter. Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If the toothpick comes out with batter or crumbs attached, the cake needs to bake for a few more minutes.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting it. This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.
- For a smooth and creamy frosting, make sure that the mascarpone cheese is at room temperature before you start mixing it.
- If you don't have mascarpone cheese, you can substitute cream cheese. However, the frosting will not be as rich and creamy.
- Decorate the cake with lemon slices, zest, or fresh berries for an extra touch of flavor and beauty.
Conclusion:
This almond lemon cake with lemon mascarpone frosting is a delightful treat that is perfect for any occasion. The cake is moist and flavorful, with a bright citrusy taste. The frosting is rich and creamy, with a hint of tanginess. Together, they create a dessert that is sure to please everyone. So next time you're looking for a special dessert to make, give this almond lemon cake a try. You won't be disappointed.
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