It’s Good Friday and I bring you a lemon butter cream topped cake with white pearls. The other element of the coloured balls within the sponge dissolved into the soft batter whilst being baked! So no “Fun-fetti“ effect 😦 But I achieved a crumbly soft sponge with an extremely pretty butter cream topping, so I was happy 🙂 *Lesson for next time…buy really good quality coloured sprinkle balls!
I hope you are all having a relaxing Easter break, ours was packed with fun at the farm. Which we thoroughly enjoyed in this lovely Spring weather and the countryside air has re-energized me! Enjoy lots of food and eat as much chocolate as your heart desires. Happy Easter to you all! I will see you very soon…
Much love D x
INGREDIENTS
For the cake
130g butter softened
150g caster sugar
2 large free range eggs
Zest of 1 lemon
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
175g self raising flour
1/2 cup coloured sprinkles
4 tbsp milk
Lemon butter cream topping
100g butter very soft
Juice of one lemon
1/2 tsp lemon extract
3-4 cups icing sugar
METHOD
● Preheat oven to 180°c, grease and line a long loaf tin
● Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl or food processor, add the zest and vanilla extract..combine well
● Fold in the flour, stir in the milk. Throw in the coloured sprinkles and mix
● Empty the batter out into the greased loaf tin and bake for 35-45 minutes…or until a skewer comes out clean when poked
● Leave to cool in the tin. Meanwhile get your butter cream ready
● In a food processor, whizz the softened butter with the lemon juice, extract and 2 cups of icing sugar. Once all creamy, gradually add the rest of the icing sugar. Taste and adjust accordingly so that it spreads well when topping the cake
● Using a spatula, dollop the butter cream onto the cooled cake. Use a fork and make swirly wave patterns for effect
● Carefully place pearl ice balls onto the butter cream for the added finish
Entering into the Pink Whisk and Two little fleas baking competition
Shivaay Delights 
Beautiful cake, looks so moist and delicious and such pretty frosting! Happy Easter 🙂
Happy Easter to you too Alex and thank you so much 🙂
Thank you and a very Happy Easter to you too x
Beautiful! Still looks great! Love the pearls on top! 🙂 xo
Thank you darling xx
Oh wow, I can’t believe all those colored confetti balls dissolved in the batter, but didn’t change the color of the batter to a varied rainbow look! I think the cake is still a great success, Dimple, as the presentation is so lovely with those buttercream peaks and white pearls. Hugs, and have a great weekend!
Thank you Ngan…I shall have to try again for the funfetti effect! Lots of love and hugs to you too honey x
Looks so pretty. Love the pearls. A real treat. 🙂
Thank you…I just had to buy the pearls when I saw them on the supermarket shelf! 🙂
Thank you…I love the pearls too x
So beautiful Dimple. I loved how you spread the icing on your cake and my favorite flavors :).
Thank you Sonal..my favourite flavours too..so chilli and lemon for us both x
Despite the colored confetti are dissolved in the batter your cake with white pearls is really really elegant, and I’m sure the taste was amazing!
Thank you so much! I realised after why the colour sprinkle balls didn’t work..They were icecream sprinkles lol! 😉
So pretty! The cake looks so moist.
Thank you M xxx
Beautiful ..
Thank you Amal..Hope you’re having a lovely day!
Beautiful cake Dimple! Funfetti or not 😉 The white pearls on top give it such a stunning look! ❤
Thank you Nancy..The pearls are beautiful aren’t they? I didn’t want to eat the cake, knowing I would spoil it x
That is a dilemma when creating something so beautiful! At least you have the photos to remember it as you savor every bite 🙂
Looks lovely to me!
Thank you…You’re too sweet x
And you’re very talented! x
We all are talented in our WP foodie family x
🙂 xx
What a pretty cake!!! 😊
Thank you honey xx
Beautiful… Can’t wait to try. :=)
Thank you so much Shanna 🙂
I’m sitting here, scratching my head, and trying to figure out where all the colored balls went! Hehe. It still looks wonderful, Dimple! Sprinkles or no sprinkles!
They dissolved lol! Would have been nice if it had worked but the cake is yummy so I’m happy 😉 xx
Yay! 🙂
Lovely cake, Dimple. Happy Easter!
Thank you Anjana…a very Happy Easter to you too x
Even with the funfetti not showing it looks so pwetty Dimple.Love the colors and the pearls and of course the cake.
Thank you Aditi xxx
Looks fab honey, funfetti or not! xx have a fabulous Easter xx
Thank you!!! I just couldn’t resist and am chomping away on a slice… 😉 have a gorgeous Easter too honey xxx
Good for you!!! X
Looks so pretty! Love that it’s all done in the food processor too! 🙂
Thanks Sam..Yes it’s so easy using the food processor…It’s my BF xxx
It looks so delicious , good idea for afternoon tea too , thanks for your sharing.Have a nice weekend.
My pleasure and thank you so much 🙂
Dimple.. This is so pretty!!! I love the white on white frosting.. Elegance.. Pure elegance..
I can see just how moist and delicious this cake is.. It’s perfect.. Happy Easter! xx
Thank you…Such pretty words…Happy Easter to you too xx
soo good Dimple!! 🙂
Thank you lovely Ayesha x
I love it and I would have never thought the sprinkles would have dissolved like that either! Prudy is right…it is very elegant. Love the little white balls and the cake sounds delicious. Looks like puffy white clouds!
Thank you! Aww I love that “puffy white clouds” xx
Looks perfect for Easter!
It was…But it hasn’t lasted until today?
So pretty !
Thank you Maulshri x
This still looks lovely and delicious, Dimple. 🙂 I did also try putting colorful sprinkles on my batter once and I had the same result as yours.
Thank you!! Ahh interesting! 🙂
The white pearls and the buttercream look so pretty Dimple. I can imagine dressing up, wearing pearls & sitting down to a posh afternoon tea with that cake 🙂
Thank you…I couldn’t resist buying them, when they were gleaming away on the supermarket shelf
Looks delicious I love the lemon nice and light 🙂