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a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to 7. Arrange 3 cake strips on the bottom
medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping of the prepared loaf pan. Fill in any gaps
down the sides again if needed. The batter with leftover cake. Spread one fourth of
should look well blended. Pour the batter the lemon curd over the cake, then drizzle
into the prepared 13- by 9-inch pan, it with one fourth of the ganache. Place 3
smoothing it out with the rubber spatula. more strips of cake on top, filling any gaps
Place the pan in the oven. as needed and pressing down as you work.
Spread the cake with another fourth of the
4. Bake the cake until it is golden brown
lemon curd and drizzle with another fourth
and springs back when lightly pressed
of the ganache. Repeat the layers of cake,
with your finger, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove
lemon curd, and ganache two more times,
the pan from the oven and place it on a
ending with the ganache and pressing down
wire rack to cool completely, 40 minutes.
as you work. Cover the cake with waxed
paper and place a smaller loaf pan or a
5. Meanwhile, prepare the fillings: If you
are using store-bought lemon curd, spoon
it into a small glass bowl and place it in
the microwave to warm for 1 minute on R
high power. Set the bowl aside. If you are
the Cake Mix Doctor says
preparing Julie’s Lemon Curd, do so now.
Prepare the White Chocolate Ganache,
and set the bowl aside to cool. To sweeten the berries, sprinkle 1 table -
spoon sugar over them, stir, and let sit
6. When the cake has cooled, run a knife for 15 to 20 minutes before serving.
around the edges of the pan and invert the If you want to substitute the flavors
cake onto a cutting board. Carefully slice of lime or orange, it is simple to do:
the cake in half horizontally so you have 2 Use lime or orange juice and zest in the
slabs of cake, each about 1 inch thick. cake, and buy or make your own lime
Measure 9 or 10 inches down each slab of or orange curd. Homemade citrus curd
cake, depending on which size loaf pan you is a delicious addition to this cake, and
are using. Cut through the cake crosswise it’s easy to prepare if you follow Julie’s
at this mark. Save the cut-off 4-inch ends Lemon Curd recipe (page 459). Poured
of cake for patching. Slice each of the 9- or into a glass jar, citrus curd also makes
a wonderful gift.
10-inch slabs of cake into 6 lengthwise
strips. You will have 12 strips of cake in all.