Lemon cake with blueberry buttercream frosting

Lemon cake with blueberry buttercream frosting

** use the non stick maroon pan - remember to line the pan with parchment paper.

Lemon Cake:

250 ml (1 cup) milk

170 gm (3/4 cup) granulated sugar

210 gm (1 1/2 cups) plain flour

65 gm (1/2 cup) vanilla custard powder (or cornflour/cornstarch)*

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp lemon rind

100 gm (1/2 cup) butter

Blueberry buttercream frosting

100 grams butter
1/4 cup blueberry jam (puree if whole fruit is there in the jam)
2 to 3 drops of purple or blue colour
400 grams sugar

Beat butter on high for a few minutes
Add sugar slowly until it is all incorporated
Once sugar goes in, add the blueberry jam and mix untill all combined
Add food colouring depending on the colour given to the buttercream by the jam

Do a smooth frosting with same colour buttercream
Do a piped flowers border on the sides of the cake
Use a simple fondant diamond or star in the middle of the piped flowers to write Happy Birthday