Mom wanted a lemon cake for her birthday

Cake is Bravetart's vanilla butter cake, scaled down for two pans rather than three and with the zest of two lemons added to the batter.

Filling is homemade lemon curd: zest and juice of two lemons, six egg yolks, and 200g sugar heated until thickened, then 1 stick cold butter stirred in off heat.

Frosting is Bravetart's Swiss meringue buttercream with 1tsp lemon extract and juice of 1 lemon added.

Garnished with candied lemon peel, scaled down to 1 lemon.