Citrus Syrup Sponge | Make Me a Baker recipe | BakeClub

Ingredients

• 125ml (½ cup) thickened cream
• 125g (½ cup) sour cream
• 1 tablespoon pure icing sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon Citrus Dust (see recipe below), plus extra to sprinkle
• Meringue Rosettes (get Cate's meringue recipe HERE), to decorate
• Oven-dried orange slices (optional), to decorate
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
• 165g (3/4 cup) caster sugar
• 80g unsalted butter, diced
• 2 lemons, zest finely grated and juiced
• Melted butter to grease
• 4 fresh eggs, at room temperature
• 1½ teaspoons natural vanilla essence or extract
• 60ml (1/4 cup) milk
• 30g butter, diced
• 110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
• 30g (1/4 cup) cornflour
• 110g (½ cup) caster sugar
• 60ml (1/4 cup) strained fresh lemon juice
• 60ml (1/4 cup) strained fresh orange juice
• Oil spray
• 100g caster sugar
• 2½ tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon liquid glucose
• ½ teaspoon Citrus Dust (see recipe below), to sprinkle