This is the perfect dessert for a warm and sunny afternoon – Tangy raspberries with luscious dreamy lemon cream. The addition of toasted marzipan provides a wonderful texture and chewiness. We use homemade lemon curd which adds an extra wow but if you were really stuck for time (dreaded surprise visitors?) a jar would do too. Me & Mr C have taken to eating our Thursday lunches outside and finishing with a huge glass of this before he starts work in the afternoon. Thursdays have never been so good!
Don’t be put off at the thought of making your own lemon curd – the microwave method is super easy and quick, you get tons and the taste is amazing. If you fancy trying this recipe with limes instead – go for it, it works equally well.
| Serves | 4 |
| Meal type | Dessert, Lunch |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Barbecue, Birthday Party, Casual Party, Formal Party |
INGREDIENTS
- 100 Grams Butter (Melted and allowed to cool for at least 3 minutes – Available on price checker)
- 3 Eggs (Whisked – Price Checker Eggs Available)
- 4 Medium Lemons – Zest and Juice of all (If you are using large lemons you might only want to use 3. I sometimes use half lemons/half limes which is lovely.)
- 1 Punnet Raspberries
- 4 tablespoons Icing Sugar
- 50g Marzipan
- 300ml M Extra Thick Double Cream (Price Checker Available)
- 200g Caster Sugar
DIRECTIONS
| Homemade Lemon Curd | |
| 1. | |
| In a microwaveable bowl, mix the eggs and the caster sugar together well. Slowly add the butter (making sure it has cooled down well). | |
| 2. | |
| Add in the juice of the lemons and most of the zest (reserve at least 1 tbsp for decoration) | |
| 3. | |
| Blast in the microwave for 1 minute on full then remove and whisk well with a small hand whisk. | |
| 4. | |
| Keep blasting at 30 second intervals, each time removing from the microwave and whisking well. | |
| 5. | |
| It will start to thicken on about the 4th blast (depending on your microwave). I normally stop around 6-7 times of microwaving. The curd will be quite thick by now. | |
| 6. | |
| Taking care not to burn yourself, transfer the curd to a sterilised jar – I have a special Kilner jar just for my lemon curd (How posh!). Allow to cool then transfer to the fridge. It will keep well once opened for around 5 days – Mine never lasts that long! | |
| Toasted Marzipan Topping | |
| 7. | |
| Preheat the oven to 160C and line an oven or baking tray with either Baking Parchment or reusable liner. I find greaseproof just sticks. | |
| 8. | |
| Roll out the marzipan to around 5mm thickness then bake for 3-4 minutes until it just starts to turn dark gold. It will start to catch quickly so don’t leave it. | |
| 9. | |
| Remove from the oven and allow to cool for approx 5 minutes, then chop into tiny squares. | |
| Raspberry Layer | |
| 10. | |
| Mash the raspberries and the icing sugar together well and start to layer your serving glasses. I use normal wine glasses as we like BIG desserts. | |
| Lemon Cream Layer | |
| 11. | |
| Whisk the double cream until really thick (this will stop the layers mixing together too much) and add 6 tbsp of the lemon curd. Mix well and layer up – alternating the lemon cream and raspberry. I also add a sprinkling of marzipan half way through. | |
| The Finale | |
| 12. | |
| Sprinkle the marzipan on the top and finish with the remaining lemon zest. | |
The toasted marzipan is simply gorgeous – I may start having it with every meal!
This looks gorgeous, am thing i might make for a buffet for 40 this weekend!!!! But do you have any suggestions for alternative to marzipan topping? Thanks
Ooh I love a good buffet! How about chopped hazelnuts? Chopped white chocolate? I’m guessing its the almonds you are not keen on or I’d say Slices of Almonds. Have a great weekend – You watching Le Tour? Am in Leeds on Friday x
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These look absolutely delicious! I love lemon and raspberries! I will be trying this recipe when the raspberries from the garden are ripe. Mel #brillblogposts
One of my favorite combos, and I can’t wait to try it! #brilliantblogposts
Looks delicious.
I love lemon curd but i never realised you could make it in the microwave what a simle idea i ll have to have a go!
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This looks amazing. Loving the sound of toasted marzipan. Yum!
Wow that looks delicious … I have book marked it and will definitely will be trying out your recipe x
Wow this looks incredible! Made me crave something sweet now so have hit the biscuit tin (not as lovely granted). Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts
That looks amazing! I love fruity puddings in the summer. I will be giving this one a god with the girls soon. Lovely!
This looks delicious! Never thought of toasting marzipan before… thanks for the recipe 🙂