I have been dragging this mint and lemon cake recipe in my drafts for some time. Not that the cake wasn't a huge success, but mostly because I realize it's much less fun not to publish the recipe right after making it. And today, on vacation in Normandy, sitting in the sun in the middle of the garden, I told myself that it was the ideal day to echo the beautiful weather and share with you the lemon/mint cake from Valérie (whom I told you about some time ago).
I was explaining to you recently in my article on the lemon meringue pie, I love lemon. I like it bold, powerful and impertinent. Valérie's recipe with a hint of mint immediately caught my eye.
Unfortunately, I must have had a light hand with the mint because it couldn't be felt after baking (yet my bouquet perfumed the entire kitchen). It must also be said that I only made the icing the next day and since my mint was no longer very fresh, I didn't put any in the icing. Don't skip this step if you really want to feel the freshness of the mint.
Regarding the cake itself, Valérie indicated in her recipe that the taste of lemon was quite subtle, so I decided to soak this cake in a 30° brix syrup (simple mixture of sugar and water) flavored with lemon to strengthen the taste a bit. In the end, I found it a bit too light, but my colleagues once again forbade me from modifying the recipe because the dosage was perfect. So I once again defer to the general opinion (after all, what we ask of a cake is to satisfy the greatest number!).
A big discovery on the other hand for the cream cheese icing flavored with lemon. I ran out of zests and replaced them with the juice of half a lemon but I loved the result: it gives a creamy and tangy touch that goes wonderfully with the sweetness and sweetness of the cake, and I will recycle the recipe on occasion.
So I can only encourage you to try this recipe which strays a bit from the original, but which did not survive a morning at my work, which is a sign of quality! You should know that at my job, I measure the success of a recipe by the time I can leave the cake on a desk. If there is any left the next day, it means the reviews are not glowing; half a day, that's a very good score!
