Medium French Dessert

Lemon Cream

Name: Lemon Cream
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 24 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cup water; 3 tablespoons cornstarch; 3 eggs yolks; 0.5 cups lemon juice; 1.5 cups white sugar; 0.5 cups butter

Total Time

41 min

17m prep · 24m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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Difficulty

Medium

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This frosting can be used on any yellow or white layer cake. It's very good even on a box mix.

Ingredients

1 cup water
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 eggs yolks
0.5 cups lemon juice
1.5 cups white sugar
0.5 cups butter

Instructions

1

Combine sugar and cornstarch in heavy saucepan add water and stir until heated, set aside.
2

Beat egg yolks and add lemon juice, stir in small amount of sugar mixture to warm yolks. Combine yolk and sugar mixtures, add butter and return to heat.
3

Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly until thickened. Mixture will resemble pudding. Cool slightly and spread on cooled cake. Makes enough to frost and fill one 8 inch four layer cake.