Lemon & Violet Cake
Lemon & Violet Cake — a Dawn Foods recipe in 3 components, makes 3 sponges in 8" round tins, 400 g batter per tin. Uses Dawn Golden Genoese Cake Base 12.5 kg, Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 12 kg and Ready-to-Use Frosting, Lemon – 6 kg.
- mixing time (slow speed)
- 1 min
- mixing time (medium speed)
- 4 min
- mixing time (slow speed, after adding water 2)
- 1 min
- baking temperature
- 180 °C
- baking time
- 30 min
Ingredients
Violet Cake Batter
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Golden Genoese Cake Base 12.5 kg | 750 g |
| Water (1) | 300 g |
| Vegetable Oil | 75 g |
| Water (2) | 130 g |
| Violet / Purple Food Colour | |
| Violet Flavour | 12 g |
Violet Colour Frosting
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ready-to-Use Frosting, Vanilla – 12 kg | 200 g |
| Violet / Purple Food Colour |
Assembly
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ready-to-Use Frosting, Lemon – 6 kg | 1500 g |
| Small Violet Flowers |
Method
- Violet Cake Batter
Add the Golden Genoese, water (1), vegetable oil, colour and flavour to a mixing bowl fitted with a beater and mix for 1 minute on slow speed and then 4 minutes on medium speed.
- Violet Cake Batter
While mixing on slow speed, steam in water (2) (scrape down) and then continue to mix on slow speed for a further 1 minute.
- Violet Cake Batter
Deposit 400 g into prepared 8" round tins.
- Violet Cake Batter
Bake at 180 °C for approximately 30 minutes.
- Violet Colour Frosting
Mix the vanilla frosting and violet colour together to create the required colour for the band around the cake.
- Assembly
Trim the tops of the 3 sponges to make level.
- Assembly
Sandwich them together with lemon frosting.
- Assembly
Coat the top and then the top and bottom 1/3 of the sides of the cake with more lemon frosting.
- Assembly
Coat the middle 1/3 of the sides with the prepared violet coloured frosting.
- Assembly
Smooth the top and the sides to blend the colours on the sides.
- Assembly
Decorate with fresh flowers.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.