Stovetop lemon curd cake
- Published: 2 Apr 24
- Updated: 2 Apr 24
Sitting somewhere between a steamed pudding and a traditional cake, this stovetop cake has a soft but dense texture that’s pleasing topped with lashings of lemon curd. It’s ideal if you’re trying to cut down on your energy bills, as it uses less energy than baking a cake in the oven. And it’s also useful if you simply don’t have an oven to hand!
Next time: try our easy lemon drizzle loaf cake.
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Serves 8 -
Hands-on time 20 min, plus cooling. Simmering time 35-40 min
Nutrition
- Calories
- 445kcals
- Fat
- 18g (4.5g saturated)
- Protein
- 4.1g
- Carbohydrates
- 67g (52g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.8g
- Salt
- 0.4g
delicious. tips
Easy swaps Try making the cake using oranges instead of lemons, and top the icing with marmalade rather than lemon curd.
Why this recipe saves energy Heating a large oven for just one item isn’t very energy efficient and, although the cake cooks on a hob for about the
same time as it would in the oven, the hob uses much less energy (think how long an oven stays warm for after you’ve used it, compared with the hob).