Lemon crumble cake

Lemon crumble cake - a super soft and tender  lemon cake !!!  Batter topped with a tangy  and luscious lemon curd  and a buttery crumble is baked to perfection.  We need lemon cakes to brighten up  our day. It makes everything look so fresh and bright....Crumble is a flour based buttery topping, flour is combined with granulated sugar and cold butter is blended in until the mixture resembles bread crumb or granules.

This cake requires lemon curd which is quite easy to make. Lemon curd is made by whisking milk, corn flour, lemon juice, sugar and heating the mixture until it starts to thicken. Butter and lemon zest is added after taking it off from flame.

Ingredients

   

For cake batter-

Butter                                     100 gm

All purpose flour                  1 & 1/2 cup

Baking powder                     1 tsp

Sugar                                       1 & 1/4 cup

Lemon zest                              2 tsp

Lemon juice                            1 tbsp

Eggs                                         3

Curd                                         1/2 cup

Milk                                          1/4 cup

For crumb-

All purpose flour                   1/4 cup

Almond powder                     1/4 cup

Sugar                                        1/2 cup

Cold butter                               3 tbsp

 For lemon  curd

Milk                              100 ml

corn flour                    2 tbsp

sugar                            100 gm

lemon juice                  60 ml

lemon zest                    1/2 tsp

butter                           40 gm

Method  

To prepare lemon curd-

• Add corn flour to milk and mix well.
• Add sugar , lemon juice  to it and cook while stirring continuously.
• Once it thickens, add lemon zest and butter.
• Transfer to another bowl and allow it to cool. 
• You can add few drops of yellow color.
• Refrigerate the lemon curd until it has set.

To prepare crumble-

• Combine flour , almond powder with granulated sugar and cold butter and blend it until the mixture resembles bread crumb or granules.

To prepare cake batter-

• Preheat the oven to 170° C.
• Prepare a 8 inch square tin by lining it with parchment paper.
• Combine  butter and zest and beat until creamy.
• Add sugar and continue to mix until fluffy .
• Add eggs, one at a time,  beating well after each addition.
• Add flour and baking powder along with curd and mix gently.
• Add milk and mix well to get smooth batter.
• Pour the batter in prepared tin.
• Spread lemon curd over the batter.
• Sprinkle the prepared crumble over it and bake  in preheated oven for 45-50 minutes.
• Allow the cake to cool in pan .
• Slice n serve !!!