Let's all have our cake and eat it too!

I interview a friend who is an avid bike rider and cake maker. I realized after the interview, that I'm sticking with bread baking where you don't have to separate eggs, make a lemon curd, then the cakes, then cut them with a cake wire, then add the curd, then make and frost the actual cakes, putting it all together without having a cake slide. Oh, and they say learning to bake bread is hard. But maybe some of you are more adventurous than I and want to try your hand at cake baking.

Aileen obtained the recipe from Bon Appetit magazine in 1994, so a vintage recipe that will never go out of style.

Lemon Curd-3 cups of strained lemon juice, 2 cups of unsalted butter, 1/4 cup of grated lemon peel stove top medium heat until butter melts. In a separate bowl, whisk together 12 large egg yolks, 8 large eggs, 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Gradually add in hot lemon mixture whisking vigorously until thick and smooth about 5-10 minutes. Do not boil. Chill overnight and can freeze it too.

Cake-preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of 8 and 9 inch cake pans with 2 inch high sides with waxed paper. 8 cups of sifted cake flour, 4 tsp of baking powder, 3 tsp of baking soda, 2 tsp of salt-combine. Make in a separate container beat 2 cups of unsalted butter at room temperature in mixer gradually adding in 4 cups of sugar, then add in 10 large egg yolks one yolk at a time, beat in 2 Tablespoons of lemon peel, 1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract, then at a low speed, gradually add in the 4 cups of buttermilk.

Beat 10 egg whites with 1tsp of cream of tartar until medium peaks form. Fold 1/2 of beaten egg whites into cake batter to lighten it, fold in remaining egg whites. Spoon batter into pans. Bake about 45 minutes. Cool 15 minutes before removing them from the pan.

Frosting- 3 cups (24 oz) of cream cheese, at room temperature, 2 cups of unsalted butter at room temperature, 4 cups of powdered sugar, 1/2 cup of whipping cream.

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Put the cakes on a cardboard cut out, while working with them. Layer in the lemon curd and blackberry jam. Then add in the lemon curd integrated with 2 1/4 cups of blackberry jam.

Frost the cakes and refrigerate them.

Happy egg separating and baking!