Lollipop cake

Name: Lollipop cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 280 grams butter, very well softened; 50 grams custard powder or cornflour; 6 mediums eggs; 280 grams golden caster sugar; 1 x 450g pack ready-to-use icing; 12 servings jelly sweets or Smarties; 6 Tbsps about thick lemon curd, plus extra for brushing; 2 finely grated zest of lemons or oranges; 200 grams self-raising flour

Lollipop cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 453 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of butter, lemon curd, g pack ready-to-use icing, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas

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Oven

Butter and line the bottom of a 20cm round cake tin. Put all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and beat for about 2 mins until smooth.

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Butter

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Cake Form

Bowl

Bake for about 50-60 mins, or until risen and springy to the touch. Leave to cool briefly in the tin, then turn the cake out and cool on a wire rack. If the cake peaks a bit, slice off the top to level it.For the filling, cut the cake in half and sandwich back together with the lemon curd.

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Lemon Curd

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Wire Rack

Oven

Brush the top of the cake with a little more lemon curd.

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Lemon Curd

Roll out the icing and cut into a 20cm round. Carefully place on top of the cake, press down gently, smoothing it with your hands. Stick the lollipops into the icing at different levels, and the appropriate number of candles, then scatter on some jelly sweets or Smarties. The cake will keep in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 3 days.

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Lollipops