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Yield: Makes 1 six-layer cake

Ingredients

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Unsalted butter, for cake pans

All-purpose flour, for cake pans

6 large eggs

1 cup sugar

Pinch of salt

1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest

3/4 cup cake flour (not self-rising)

3/4 cup cornstarch

Lemon-Thyme Pastry Cream

Candied Lemon Slices for Lemon-Thyme Tower Cake

Fresh thyme sprigs, for garnish

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Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes 1 six-layer cake

Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes 1 six-layer cake

Recipe Summary

Yield: Makes 1 six-layer cake

Yield: Makes 1 six-layer cake

Makes 1 six-layer cake

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter, for cake pans
  • All-purpose flour, for cake pans
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest
  • 3/4 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
  • 3/4 cup cornstarch
  • Lemon-Thyme Pastry Cream
  • Candied Lemon Slices for Lemon-Thyme Tower Cake
  • Fresh thyme sprigs, for garnish

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and flour three 6-inch-round cake pans, and set aside.

Combine eggs, sugar, salt, and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Mix on high speed until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Sift flour and cornstarch over egg mixture; fold in with a rubber spatula. Pour batter into pans.

Bake until cakes spring back to the touch and cakes begin to pull away from sides of pans, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove cakes from oven; transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Turn out cakes. Using a serrated knife, level the tops; slice each cake horizontally into two even layers. Place one layer on a 6-inch cardboard round. Using a pastry brush, brush 5 layers generously with the candied-lemon syrup. Spread the pastry cream over 5 layers, about 3/4 cup per layer. Stack layers on the cardboard, ending with the one uncoated layer. To stabilize cake, insert a 6-inch wooden skewer through center. Overlap the candied lemon slices and thyme sprigs on top of the cake. Refrigerate until pastry cream has set, at least 1 hour. Serve.

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