Best 3 Lemon Syrup Cake Recipes

LEMON PUDDING CAKE WITH CRANBERRY SYRUP

Steps:

• Make pudding cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar in a bowl. Whisk together yolks, milk, zest, and juice and add to dry ingredients, whisking until combined well.
• Beat whites in a large bowl with an electric mixer until they hold soft peaks, then gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating, and continue to beat until whites hold stiff, glossy peaks. Whisk about one fourth of whites into batter to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly (batter will be thin).
• Pour batter into a lightly oiled 1 1/2-quart gratin or other shallow baking dish and bake in a hot water bath until puffed and golden, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Make syrup while cake is baking:
• Cook sugar in a dry 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted and turns a deep golden caramel. Tilt pan and carefully add cranberries and water (caramel will harden and vigorously steam). Simmer over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is completely dissolved, then pour syrup through a very fine sieve into a heatproof bowl, pressing hard on solids. Serve pudding cake with syrup.

LEMON SYRUP CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a shallow 20cm (7") ring pan or a 20cm (7 inch) round cake tin.
• Set oven to 160°C (325°F).
• Combine butter, rind and sugar in a small bowl and beat with an electric mixer until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating constantly until the eggs are completely combined.
• Transfer the mixture into a larger bowl.
• Place a sieve over the larger bowl and sift in the flour.
• Add the coconut and stir until well mixed.
• Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake on the centre shelf of the oven at 160°C (325°F) for 45 minutes or until cooked.
• Syrup: Just before the cake is finished cooking, prepare the lemon syrup.
• Combine all the syrup ingredients in a small saucepan over a medium heat.
• Stir over the heat until the sugar is dissolved.
• (Do not let the mixture boil at this stage).
• When all the sugar is dissolved, increase the heat and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low and let the mixture simmer, uncovered, without stirring for 3 minutes.
• Now, take the cake out of the oven, turn it onto a plate and pour the hot syrup slowly over the hot cake until all the syrup is absorbed.

LEMON SYRUP CAKE WITH BERRIES AND LEMON-CURD CREAM

Steps:

• For curd:
• Combine first 4 ingredients in large microwave-safe bowl. Place bowl in microwave and cook on high until butter melts, whisking every minute, about 3 minutes. Remove from microwave; cool 5 minutes. Beat eggs in small bowl to blend. Whisk half of butter mixture into eggs. Return mixture to same large bowl. Place in microwave and cook on high until curd is slightly thickened but not boiling, whisking every minute, about 4 minutes (curd will continue to thicken when chilled). Transfer curd to medium bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface. Chill until firm, at least 1 day and up to 1 week.
• For syrup:
• Combine sugar and lemon juice in small bowl. Whisk until sugar dissolves.
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 8x8x2-inch metal baking pan. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar and lemon peel and beat until fluffy. Beat in 1 egg, then half of flour; repeat. Transfer batter to prepared baking pan.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Place pan with cake on rack. Using slender wooden skewer, poke holes all over top of cake. Spoon syrup over cake in several additions, allowing syrup to be absorbed each time. Cool cake completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)
• Whisk crème fraîche and 1/2 cup lemon curd in small bowl to blend. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Cut cake into squares. Top with lemon crème fraîche; spoon berries alongside. Garnish with mint, if desired.