Ingredients:
- For the dough:
50g lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
30g vegetable oil
4 eggs
120g sugar
120g flour
4 g baking powder - For the lemon filling:
3 eggs
135g lemon juice
1-2 tsp lemon zest
190 g of sugar
10g cornstarch - For the cheese filling:
400g whipped cream
80g caster sugar
200g cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract - For the syrup:
100g water
60g of sugar
15g lemon juice
Directions:
- In a bowl, combine the lemon juice, zest and oil.
- Whip the egg whites and gradually add the sugar. Then add the egg yolks as well.
- Apart mix flour and baking powder. Sieve them and add them to the batter.
- Finally add the lemon juice mixture from before.
- Pour the dough into a mold (20 cm in diameter) and bake in a preheated oven at 160° for 35 minutes.
- In a saucepan, combine the eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar and cornstarch.
- Cook the cream on the stove and stir continuously until it thickens.
- Sieve the cream and leave to cool, covered with plastic wrap.
- Whip the cream with the sugar, then add the cream cheese and vanilla.
- Thin the cake and cut it into 3 equal layers.
- Moisten the cake with a syrup made from water, lemon juice and sugar.
- Assemble the dessert by filling the cake with lemon cream and cream cheese.
- Also use the cheese cream to coat the whole cake, then let it chill in the refrigerator for 6 hours