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Romantic Rose & Lemon Cake

February 9, 2015 by Lucy Parissi 22 Comments

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This delicately scented Rose & Lemon Cake is perfect for Valentine’s day, baby or wedding showers. Decorate with fresh flowers or dried rose petals – so romantic!

If you love lemon desserts you will adore my Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Rose & Lemon Cake on a glass cake stand decorated with rose petals

The idea for this cake came to me in half-asleep reverie. I frequently have recipe-related dreams – sad as it is to admit that!

I was picturing a very ethereal, romantic and slightly retro cake and, for once, I was able to realise the exact image of what I imagined… and I can’t tell you how amazing that is. In my dream there were also rose macarons… which I did make but at a later date (although I posted that recipe first just to confuse everyone).

Rose and Lemon Cake

I love using fresh roses and rosewater in my recipes… As a flavour it is very delicate and can be a little cloying so I undercut if with some lemon!

If you are looking for a sweet treat to surprise your Valentine with, I don’t think you need to look any further… This is just the cake for sharing with a loved one – it would also work well as a Mother’s Day bake or a wedding shower dessert.

It is a cake flushed with the promise of spring, buttery, sweet (but definitely not cloying) and just altogether delightful. Serve with tea or even lemonade – but definitely not coffee… this is possibly the only one of my bakes that is not coffee compatible!

Slice of rose and lemon cake showing five thin layers

I baked this in the Wilton Easy Layer cake pans from Lakeland which are only 15cm (6in) – the cake is quite tall at five layers but will only yield about 6 generous slices. However the recipe can be doubled very easily if you wanted to bake a full-sized cake using normal cake tins.

A word of caution about the Wilton cake tins – although the look as if nothing would ever stick to them that could not be further from the truth. Grease them well – preferably with butter and flour rather than cake release – otherwise your lovely cake layers will be destroyed. I speak from experience!

Rose and Lemon Layer cake on a glass cake stand

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Perfectly Romantic Rose & Lemon Cake

Lucy Parissi | Supergolden Bakes
This delicately scented rose and lemon layer cake is perfect for Valentine’s day, baby or wedding showers.
4.8 from 5 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Continental
Keyword: Rose and Lemon Cake, Rose and Lemon Layer Cake
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • Rose & Lemon buttercream
  • 230 g | 2 sticks | 8.1oz unsalted butter cubed
  • 500 g | 17.64oz icing powdered sugar, sifted (if you can be bothered!)
  • 1 tbsp hot water if butter is cold
  • 1-2 tbsp rose water
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp dried edible rose petals crushed to a powder
  • 120 ml | 1/2 cup double cream
  • a few drops pink food colouring optional
  • Rose & Lemon Layer Cake
  • 165 g | 5.8oz plain flour
  • 165 g | 5.8oz caster sugar
  • 40 g | 1.4oz ground almonds
  • 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • –
  • 1 tbsp rose water look for Steenbergs brand
  • 1 tbsp rose petals crushed to a powder
  • 100 g | 3.5oz unsalted butter cold and cubed
  • 2 large eggs
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 100 ml | 3.5 fl oz buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • –
  • 2-3 tbsp simple syrup
  • 1 tbsp gin
  • 1 tbsp rose water

Instructions

  • Make the buttercream. Put the butter and icing sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk. Slowly start beating together, adding a few drops hot water if the butter is cold.
  • Increase the speed to maximum and whisk for a few minutes until fluffy.
  • Stop the machine and scrape the bottom and sides with a spatula. Add the rose water, lemon juice, rose petals and food colouring if using. Whisk together.
  • Gradually add the double cream and whisk until thoroughly mixed in – 3-4 minutes. The buttercream should be smooth and hold firm peaks. If it’s too runny, add a little more icing sugar.
  • Make the cake. Preheat the oven to 170C (340F). Grease and flour the cake pans, dusting off any excess.
  • Sift all the dry ingredients and add them to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
  • Add the cubed butter and mix until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time and mix them in.
  • Add the buttermilk, rose water, rose petals, lemon juice & zest and beat together. Stop the mixer and scrape the bottom of the mixing bowl to make sure the batter is thoroughly mixed.
  • Carefully divide between the pans (don’t overfill) and bake for 12-15 minutes if you are using mini cake tins and 23-25 minutes if using larger tins. Cool on a wire rack.
  • Mix the simple syrup, gin and rose water together and brush over the cake layers.
  • Add buttercream to the cake layers and sandwich together. Do a crumb coat and chill the cake for 30 minutes before adding more buttercream with a palette knife to frost the entire cake (you can also pipe it if you wish). Decorate with sprinkles or a scattering of dried edible rose petals.

Notes

To make a large layer cake double the recipe and use 3 or 4 larger cake tins.
You can buy simple (sugar) syrup but it also very easy to make. Put equal amounts sugar and water into a small saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring until sugar dissolves – couple of minutes.
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Comments

  1. Eshal says

    July 26, 2020 at 6:38 pm

    If I were to double the recipe, what size pan should I use? Also, would the baking time or temp be different?

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      July 27, 2020 at 12:20 pm

      You can double it and use 3X8 inch cake tins, same temperature and check after 30 minutes.

      Reply
  2. Zara says

    April 21, 2018 at 2:21 pm

    5 stars
    Beautiful cake!! I’m planning to make this for my birthday. How long can this cake be stored fresh at room temp?

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      April 21, 2018 at 4:34 pm

      Should be ok for a few hours but I wouldn’t leave it out for two long on a hot day.

      Reply
      • Zara says

        April 23, 2018 at 8:56 pm

        How long does it stay fresh if stored in fridge?

        Reply
        • Lucy Parissi says

          April 25, 2018 at 4:42 pm

          I would say a couple of days. But storing it in the fridge will eventually dry the cake out.

          Reply
  3. June Burns says

    February 12, 2015 at 12:32 pm

    Looks delicious! Very romantic indeed, love the color 🙂

    Reply
  4. Julia@Vikalinka says

    February 11, 2015 at 10:06 am

    You are such a cake wizard, my friend! How you continuously pull this off I have no idea! You are right, this delicately beautiful cake is perfectly romantic!

    Reply
  5. Winnie says

    February 10, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    Wowwww Lucy – this is such a fantastic cake !! It looks sooooooooo delicious and so elegant

    Reply
  6. Oana says

    February 10, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    What a beautiful cake! So delicate! That pink is the perfect color for a cake! And the flavors are heavenly as well. Well done!

    Reply
  7. Briana Thomas says

    February 10, 2015 at 2:45 pm

    Mmm…I love cakes, and yours is just gorgeous! Great flavor combo idea.

    Reply
  8. Angela Field says

    February 10, 2015 at 9:09 am

    Well that looks gorgeous! I'm so jealous of all your Valetine's Day bakes. I had some in the pipeline and all of the necessary ingredients, but it's not going to be possible as life is against me this week!

    I now have a glut of strawberries and fresh cream! What a hard life!

    Reply
  9. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    February 10, 2015 at 8:35 am

    Lucy this cake is beautiful! And perfect for Valentine's of course. Pinned!

    Reply
  10. Steph @MisplacedBrit says

    February 10, 2015 at 7:17 am

    Oh wow! That is absolutely gorgeous! I totally agree with Kate @Glutenfreealchemist – perfectly …Everything 🙂

    Reply
  11. Amy says

    February 10, 2015 at 3:42 am

    Absolutely gorgeous! We've already got our Valentine's dessert planned, but I know Mum is going to love this for Mother's Day. Just beautiful, and I love the generous amount of frosting woven between the layers 🙂

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      February 10, 2015 at 9:38 am

      Thanks Amy… I think it is just the perfect Afternoon Tea kind of cake.

      Reply
  12. Made With Pink says

    February 9, 2015 at 10:13 pm

    What an absolutely gorgeous cake. I especially love the pink icing. Your photos are amazing as well.

    Reply
  13. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    February 9, 2015 at 10:03 pm

    Not only is it 'perfectly romantic', but it is also perfectly baked, perfectly decorated and perfectly photographed! It sounds utterly delicious too….

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      February 10, 2015 at 9:39 am

      Thanks Kate. I was lucky with the light on the day although I am still learning on how to deal and process images with white backgrounds – always tougher than the rest!

      Reply
  14. Lucy Allen says

    February 9, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    so pretty! x

    Reply
  15. Marta Vodrey says

    February 9, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Wow, thats gorgeous!

    .:Marta:.

    Reply
  16. Jennie // scarletscorchdroppers says

    February 9, 2015 at 11:23 am

    So, so pretty. I love the pink buttercream – so romantic! x

    Reply

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