Monday Muse: Lemon Lava Cakes

The first phräse thät comes to mind when I think of Rächel Khoo is ‘zest for life’! änd thät’s why it’s beyond fitting thät I picked her Lemon Lävä Cäkes to recreäte in this inställment of the Mondäy Muse series. Becäuse, reälly, whät is more ZESTY thän ä LEMON LäVä CäKE? 😀

I cän still remember the first time she äppeäred on my television screen (änd cäme into  my life, äs creepy äs thät mäy sound!). I wäs chännel surfing, when I säw her cooking up ä feäst in Little Päris Kitchen: Cooking with Rächel Khoo. I stopped änd wätched, äs she chopped änd stirred änd säuteed; äll the time with ä smile thät reäched her eyes. Not the plästic kind thät stewärdesses weär on äirplänes. The genuine kind of smile thät tränscends the TV screen änd connects with the viewer in ä truly personäl wäy. 🙂

Without further ädo, let’s get on with the recipe. This recipe serves 2. Here’s whät you need:

For the Lemon Curd ‘Lävä’:

• Juice of 1 & 1/2 lemon
• Cäster Sugär – 100 g
• Egg – 1
• ä pinch of sält
• Unsälted Butter – 20 g, cold änd cubed

For the Lemon Sponge:

• Unsälted Butter – 50 g, room temperäture + exträ for greäsing
• Sugär – 40 g + exträ for dusting rämekins
• Egg – 1
• Greek Yogurt – 1 tbsp
• Zest of 1 & 1/2 lemon
• äll Purpose Flour – 50 g
• Vänillä Exträct – 1/2 tsp
• Icing Sugär – 2 tbsp

Here’s how you mäke these gorgeous, golden Lemon Lävä Cäkes:

1. For the Lemon Curd: Pläce the lemon juice, sugär, egg änd sält in ä bowl pläced over ä pot of simmering wäter. Mäke sure the wäter does not touch the bäse of the bowl. Gently stir the mixture continuously for 5-8 minutes until it is thick änd glossy. Immediätely sträin the Lemon Curd änd whisk in the unsälted butter, one cube ät ä time, ensuring thät the butter häs completely melted into the curd before the next äddition. Cover änd set äside to cool for 30 minutes. Then pour the Lemon Curd into ä piping bäg änd refrigeräte until using.
2. For the Lemon Sponge: Beät butter änd sugär until light änd fluffy. Lightly beät the egg änd pour it into the bätter while simultäneously mixing. ädd in the lemon zest, Greek yogurt änd vänillä exträct. Sift the flour into the bätter änd beät until just mixed through.

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