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Christmas star cake: lemon sponge

Christmas star cake: lemon sponge

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A light lemon sponge cake, perfect for Christmas, to be topped with orange marmalade, soaked in rum, and finished with dark chocolate and candied orange p…

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Recipe from Pietrodn, Vituzzu, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This holiday dessert features a light, lemon-scented sponge cake. The filling, soaking liquid, and topping are made with orange marmalade, rum syrup, and dark chocolate. The base takes only twenty minutes to bake.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting40 min
  • Total1 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$14.80 $1.48 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

10 people

sponge cake

  • $2.39
  • $0.16
  • $0.26
  • $0.90
  • $0.28
  • $0.92

Decoration

Drinking

  • $0.25
  • $1.91

Covering

  • $2.63
  • $0.92
  • $1.25
  • $2.93

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease and flour a star-shaped, non-stick baking pan.
  2. Whisk together the sugar, egg yolks, and grated lemon zest. ≈ 4 min
  3. Whip the egg whites with salt, then gradually fold them into the yolks. ≈ 10 min
  4. Sift the flour and cornstarch together and gently mix. ≈ 4 min
  5. Pour, and bake for 20 minutes. Turn off the oven, wait for about 10 minutes, then remove the cake.
  6. Let it cool completely before transferring it to a wire rack.
  7. Combine the warm, boiled water, honey, and rum to create the syrup.
  8. Cut the sponge cake in half horizontally, then soak each half in syrup and spread with orange marmalade, before reassembling the cake. ≈ 10 min
  9. Melt the chocolate with the butter and then pour it over the cake.
  10. Decorate with candied orange peels and sprinkle with cocoa powder. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Christmas star cake: lemon sponge

  • 6 eggs$2.39
  • 100 g of soft wheat flour$0.16
  • 60 g of cornstarch$0.26
  • 160 g vanilla sugar$0.90
  • 1 lemon$0.28
  • butter for the mold$0.92
  • 1 tablespoon of acacia honey$0.25
  • One small glass of rum$1.91
  • 100 g of dark chocolate (75% cocoa)$2.63
  • 100 g of butter$0.92
  • 2 candied orange peels, cut into triangular strips$1.25
  • Dark cocoa powder$2.93

Total$14.80

that's $1.48 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 100 g of soft wheat flour
  • 60 g of cornstarch
  • 160 g vanilla sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • A pinch of salt
  • butter for the mold
  • 1 jar of orange marmalade
  • 150 ml of boiled water
  • 1 tablespoon of acacia honey
  • One small glass of rum
  • 100 g of dark chocolate (75% cocoa)
  • 100 g of butter
  • 2 candied orange peels, cut into triangular strips
  • Dark cocoa powder

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