Because it is. And it tastes like happiness, too.
That's what you get with two bags of white chocolate chips and 17 eggs. And it’s not very sweet, either-- just amazingly rich, buttery, and creamy, with the perfect amount of lemon. The cake itself is white chocolate with lemon zest; the icing is a white chocolate and lemon buttercream (and the creamiest icing I’ve ever tasted); the cake is layered with said buttercream and a lemon curd. Served at room temperature, it just melts in your mouth.
I had a whole slew of snarky crap I was going to spew about making it, but tasting it gave me amnesia for the process. It was a bit labour intensive—making the curd, the buttercream, as well as the cake (there were a lot of wait times for each). A few blogs I’ve read have just skipped making the curd and bought it. But then this wouldn’t be leannebakes. It would be leannetakesshitoutofajar.
RLB is a goddess. If the rest of the cakes in Rose's Heavenly Cakes taste half this good, I'll... well, I don't know but I think I'll be fairly happy. (And maybe start working out, too).
That cake does look like happiness. And the last pic looks like Pacman!
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ive made quite a few of RLB's cakes from Rose's Heavenly Cakes and they are divine! I've been waiting to make this but after stumbling upon your photos on flickr, I might just put it on the top of my list!
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ReplyDeletecats-rox: it's a book recipe, so I can't really post it publicly, but feel free to email me at leannebakes[at]gmail[dot]com :)
ReplyDeleteitsall4chocolate: this definitely has to be your next cake. what's your favourite you've made so far?
52kitchenadventures: it's totally pacman! i'm glad you noticed :P
I came back to thak you for this! I made it for my moms bake day at work and it was a huge sucess :D
ReplyDeleteNow, my only problem is how I'm going to find something as scrummy for next time :P
I'm so glad you like it, Emma! I have the same problem and haven't made a cake since. How will anything taste as good?!
ReplyDeleteHi Leanne, I'm planning to make this . Does this buttercream pipe well ? I'm glad to follow your blog.
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