Layered lemon cake jars

Ingredients for 6 people

Cream Cheese icing
125g butter, soften
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
500g plain cream cheese
10ml fresh lemon juice

Lemon Syrup
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
juice and zest of 1 lemon

2x300g ready-made Madeira loaf cakes (or sponge cake), cut into 1.5cm thick rounds which fit in the desired jars
1 cup lemon curd

40 min · Easy

Directions

1. icing:
Cream the butter and sugar together and then lightly whisk in the cream cheese, ensuring you do not overmix as the mixture can easily split. Mix in the lemon juice

2. Lemon syrup:
Heat the water, sugar, lemon juice and zest together until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

3. Assemble:
Place a round of madeira cake in the bottom of each jar and add a drizzle of the prepared lemon syrup. Pipe a layer of the cream cheese icing on top.

4. Add 10ml lemon curd and then repeat the entire process, ending with the cream cheese frosting. (Do not add a second layer of lemon curd)

5. Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Author Food and Home Entertaining magazine, January 2012 issue