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    TECHNICOLOUR TREATS

    Aug 19, 2019 5 minutes

    LEMON RAINBOW LAYER CAKE

    SERVES 15 READY IN 1 HR + CHILLING

    For the cake

    300g butter
    300g castor sugar
    5 large eggs
    300g self-raising flour
    Zest of 1 lemon, finely grated
    2 tbsp lemon juice
    Red, pink, yellow and blue paste food colouring (available at most specialist baking supply stores)
    5 tbsp lemon curd
    100g cake sprinkles

    For the icing

    150g unsalted butter
    300g icing sugar
    125g full-fat cream cheese

    1 Grease and base line 5 x 15cm cake tins (if you don’t have five tins, make the cake batter and bake in batches). Heat the oven to 180°C. Put the butter, sugar, eggs and flour in the bowl of a freestanding mixer with the lemon zest and juice. Mix together until smooth.

    2 Take five bowls and evenly divide the mixture between them. Add a dot

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