Sherbet Lemon Cream Sponges...

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Its no surprise I love to bake and love experimenting with flavours and ingredients. Lemon is one of those flavours that is refreshing and is perfect for a summer day sitting in the garden with a book, listening to the birds chirping and sipping a nice iced lemon tea. Mmm.

I have mentioned several times before that cakes need to have proper sugar in them and I will very rarely use sweeteners purely because they dont hold the shape of the cake very well and often leads to a very eggy and dense cake. However in this recipe I have included a syrup in replace of some of the sugar I would normally use, it was a risk I was willing to experiment with but it worked perfectly and at the same time added a delicious lemon flavour to it in the process.

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Sherbet Lemon Cream Sponges

Makes 8 3.5 syns each

  • 3 eggs
  • 50g caster sugar 10 syns
  • 100g self raising flour 16 syns
  • teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons TRKG lemon sherbet skinny shot syrup 2 syns
  • Finely grated zest of 1 large lemon

You will also need:

  • Lemon Curd
  • Light squirty cream
  1. Preheat oven to 180C fan and place 8 muffin cases in a muffin tray.
  2. In a mixing bowl whisk the eggs, syrup and sugar until pale and fluffy and almost 3 times in volume (takes anywhere from 5 10 minutes so we advise using an electric whisk) .
  3. Carefully fold in the lemon zest and sieve the flour and baking powder a little at a time into the beaten egg mixture and fold in carefully with a metal spoon, keep doing this in little bits to prevent lumps and knocking out too much air.
  4. Evenly distribute the batter between the muffin cases.
  5. Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 35 minutes or until golden and a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5 minutes in the tin.
  6. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely before slicing.

When ready to eat slice the sponge in half and spread 1 teaspoon lemon curd and squirt a small amount of light squirty cream and enjoy. (make sure to add the syns of the lemon curd and cream). Alternatively to keep the syns lower simply whisk a little quark with the sherbet lemon syrup and spread that in the middle instead.

These sponges store in an airtight container (without the fillings) for up to 4 days. Each sponge can also be individually wrapped in cling film and frozen, defrost fully before consuming.

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