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Delizie al Limone
Delizie al Limone - Italian sponge cakes filled with a lemon cream, brushed with Limoncello syrup and covered in a lemon and whipped cream glaze.
Prep Time
3 hrs
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
3 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 9
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
Sponge
- 150 gms – 3 large eggs divided
- 90 gms – ½ cup granulated sugar
- 40 gms – 1 ½ oz. all-purpose flour
- 25 gms – 8 tsp cornstarch
- 25 gms – ¼ cup almond meal
- ½ lemon peel grated
- ½ vanilla pod
- 1 pinch salt
Lemon Cream
- 40 gms – 2 egg yolks
- 40 gms – 1 ½ oz. sugar
- 1 or 2 lemons
- 40 gms – 1 ½ oz. butter
Lemon Crema Pasticcera
- 180 gms – ¾ cup milk
- 80 gms + 30 gms – 3 oz. + 1 oz. cream
- 80 gms – 4 egg yolks
- 60 gms – 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 15 gms – 5 tsp cornstarch
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 lemon
- 1/3 vanilla pod
Limoncello Syrup
- 30 gms – 1 oz.water
- 30 gms – 1 oz. granulated sugar
- 50 gms – 1 ¾ oz. Limoncello
- ½ lemon
Glaze
- Remaining Lemon Cream
- Remaining Lemon Crema Pasticcera
- 60 gms – 1/3 cup milk
- 125 gms– ½ cup cream whipped and lightly sweetned
- 30 gms – 1 oz. Limoncello