Spoon and Chopsticks: Milk Powder Cake with Lemon Curd Frosting

Milk Powder Cake with Lemon Curd Frosting

Saturday, November 05, 2011 - Posted by Spoon and Chopsticks

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This delicious cake made with milk powder and topped with lemon curd frosting is perfect with tea or coffee.

Milk Powder Cake with Lemon Curd Frosting

Ingredients for the cake:

3/4 cup self-raising flour
3/4 cup milk powder
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp margarine
2 eggs
Additional water if the the batter gets too thick
Chocolate shreds for decoration (optional)

Ingredients for the lemon curd frosting:

2 eggs
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
A pinch of cinnamon powder

Making milk powder cake:

Preheat oven at 180°C.
Grease your non-stick cake pan with margarine.
Using an electric mixer, beat the margarine and sugar until smooth.
Add eggs and and beat the mixture until it is smooth.
Add self-raising flour and milk powder and beat well.
Pour the batter into a cake pan.
Bake it for around 35-40 minutes.
To test if the cake is ready to be taken out, pierce a toothpick or a fork and see if it comes out clean. If not, put it back into the oven for 5 more minutes and repeat the test.
Let it cool in a rack.

Making lemon curd frosting using Bain Marie (double boiler) process:

Mix eggs, sugar and lemon juice in a bowl.
Simmer water in a saucepan. Place the bowl on top but make sure it doesn't touch water in the saucepan.
Slowly whisk the mixture until the mixture is thickened. Add cinnamon powder and mix.

You can adjust the taste of the lemon curd adding more sugar and lemon juice.
Let the lemon curd cool.

Final step - Frosting the cake:

Before frosting the cake, make sure the top of the cake is smooth and even for the best result. If the cake has the top puffed up, you can cut off the top to even out the cake.

Put the frosting in the middle of the cake and spread it evenly all around.

Decorate as desired. I sprinkled chocolate shreds on top.
Put it inside the fridge and let it set for at least 2-3 hours before serving.

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23 comments:

claudia @Whats Cookin said...

Sounds wonderful and looks even better thanks for sharing!

... on November 5, 2011 at 9:52 PM

Cooking Gallery said...

I love the idea of lemon curd frosting! Looks great :)!

... on November 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM

Prathima Rao said...

Fabulous cake!!! Loved the frosting too :)
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner

... on November 5, 2011 at 11:47 PM

Reva said...

Awesome moist cake..:) I love the flavours.. wonderfully refreshing..:)
Reva

... on November 6, 2011 at 3:54 AM

cookingvarieties said...

hi spoon and chopsticks. wow! i have never before come across making cake with these ingredients, let alone bake one.. using milk powder- very innovative dear..ya, sure looks delicious

... on November 6, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Mari Nuñez said...

Looks like a delicious cake. I would love to try it. Thanks for the recipe.

... on November 6, 2011 at 11:20 AM

Anonymous said...

What a clever idea to use milk powder! I keep milk powder in the house for an ingredient in my wheat bread.....Thanks for sharing! I'm your newest follower via Google Follow!

... on November 6, 2011 at 1:06 PM

raquel said...

so creamy and delicious love it =) my daughter's birthday is on tuesday and would love to try this. looks so easy to prepare.

... on November 6, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Angie's Recipes said...

A lovely cake...milk powder in the cake batter..this is really interesting.

... on November 6, 2011 at 11:12 PM

Lyñ (My Little Messy N Cheeky) said...

Oh the name of this recipe already sounds very tasty! Love the idea of lemon frosting! ;)
Which milk powder did you use?

... on November 7, 2011 at 12:52 AM

Julie said...

Lovely cake with lemon curd frosting,yummy!!

... on November 7, 2011 at 6:46 AM

Torviewtoronto said...

this cake looks delicious

... on November 7, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Anh said...

I am very curious about this cake!

... on November 7, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Sushma said...

that looks so yummy..

... on November 7, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Suzi said...

Yummy, this looks delicious, love that lemon curd frosting.

... on November 8, 2011 at 1:41 AM

Nami | Just One Cookbook said...

I love lemon curd and I can even eat it alone... I'm that crazy. This cake must be made just for me... ;-)

... on November 8, 2011 at 5:33 PM

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Great and super delicious cake...love the lemon crust

... on November 9, 2011 at 3:15 AM

Neha said...

Hey...First time on your blog...You have a lovely space...cake looks delicious...happy to join you dear...Do visit me at http://muchmorethanahomemaker.blogspot.com/
Cheers

... on November 9, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Daksha said...

Hi nice milk powder cake look fantastic!

... on November 10, 2011 at 9:14 PM

Elisabeth said...

Love the cake, and especially the lemon curd frosting. Interesting, how you scooped out some of the center to fill it with the lemon curd...genius, and oh, so yummy:DDD

... on November 12, 2011 at 2:59 PM

Spoon and Chopsticks said...

Thanks for all the wonderful comments.

@Lyn: I used a normal fullcream milk powder for this recipe.

@Raquel: I hope your daughter had a wonderful birthday! :)

... on November 13, 2011 at 3:56 PM

Shutterbug said...

i usually eat gnochhi with tomato sauce. i just might try it with a white sauce.

... on November 14, 2011 at 4:31 AM

Kavi said...

Love the texture. :)

... on November 28, 2011 at 11:07 PM

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