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Lemon Mousse Cake

Cooking time: 180 minutes
Servings: 10

Here is a recipe for a delicious and super easy Easter cake with lemon mousse and chocolate Easter eggs. The cake is a wonderful combination of sweet and tart, and it is perfect for Easter as a dessert. Try it yourself and impress your guests with this flavorful cake.

Lemon Mousse Cake

Ingredients

  • Lemon Base
  • 180 g butter
  • 180 g cane sugar
  • 180 g marzipan
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 organic lemons
  • 100 g flour
  • 2 tbsp poppy seeds
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • Lemon Mousse
  • 4 sheets gelatin
  • 1 organic lemon
  • 100 g sugar
  • 300 ml cream
  • 100 g crème fraîche
  • Decoration
  • Chocolate Easter eggs
  • Wood sorrel

Instructions

  1. Lemon Base
  2. Grate the marzipan and mix it well with butter and sugar
  3. Add the eggs one at a time
  4. Grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice from the lemons and add it to the batter
  5. Mix flour, poppy seeds, and salt and fold it into the batter
  6. Pour the batter into a springform pan lined with baking paper, about Ø 23 cm
  7. Bake the lemon base at 180ºC conventional oven for 30 minutes
  8. Lemon Mousse
  9. Soak the gelatin in cold water for at least 10 minutes
  10. Grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice from the lemon
  11. Boil the lemon juice, zest, and sugar and add the gelatin when the sugar is dissolved
  12. Let it cool
  13. Whip the cream to a light foam and fold in the crème fraîche
  14. Fold in the lemon juice mixture
  15. Spread the mousse over the lemon base in a cake ring and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight
  16. Decoration
  17. Chop some of the Easter eggs and place them on the cake with wood sorrel

Lemon Mousse Cake

Cake and sweetsSeasonal & Festive
Lemon Mousse Cake

Here is a recipe for a delicious and super easy Easter cake with lemon mousse and chocolate Easter eggs. The cake is a wonderful combination of sweet and tart, and it is perfect for Easter as a dessert. Try it yourself and impress your guests with this flavorful cake.

Posted on 4/22/2025

Servings

10

Total time

3 hours

Servings

10

Total time

3 hours

Ingredients

Lemon Base

•
180 g butter
•
180 g cane sugar
•
180 g marzipan
•
3 eggs
•
2 organic lemons
•
100 g flour
•
2 tbsp poppy seeds
•
¼ tsp salt

Lemon Mousse

•
4 sheets gelatin
•
1 organic lemon
•
100 g sugar
•
300 ml cream
•
100 g crème fraîche

Decoration

•
Chocolate Easter eggs
•
Wood sorrel

Instructions

Lemon Base

1

Grate the marzipan and mix it well with butter and sugar

2

Add the eggs one at a time

3

Grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice from the lemons and add it to the batter

4

Mix flour, poppy seeds, and salt and fold it into the batter

5

Pour the batter into a springform pan lined with baking paper, about Ø 23 cm

6

Bake the lemon base at 180ºC conventional oven for 30 minutes

Lemon Mousse

1

Soak the gelatin in cold water for at least 10 minutes

2

Grate the lemon zest and squeeze the juice from the lemon

3

Boil the lemon juice, zest, and sugar and add the gelatin when the sugar is dissolved

4

Let it cool

5

Whip the cream to a light foam and fold in the crème fraîche

6

Fold in the lemon juice mixture

7

Spread the mousse over the lemon base in a cake ring and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight

Decoration

1

Chop some of the Easter eggs and place them on the cake with wood sorrel


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