Peach Melba Cream Cake
Preheat the oven
to 180°C. Butter one 22 cm cake pan.
Line the bottom
with wax paper and butter the paper; dust the pan with flour.
Cream the butter
and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Add the egg yolks one at a
time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in the
vanilla, lemon zest, and juice.
In a separated
bowl beat the egg whites until foamy then add the sugar little
by little and beat until stiff peaks get form.
Sift together the
flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to the butter
mixture in the bowl, alternating with buttermilk, to make batter.
Fold in the egg
whites with a spatula until just combined.
Scrape batter
into the pan.
Bake until a
toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 to 40
minutes.
Cool the cakes in
the pan on a rack for 15 minutes, then turn them out onto the
rack, peel off wax paper, and cool completely.
Whip the cream
with the vanilla and 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar until it holds
soft peaks.
With a knife cut
the top of the cake, make a deep cut and cumble the cake that
you have take off.
Place the cake on
a serving platter, lay the peaches in a nice layer and
spread the cream.
Sprinkle the cake
crumble on top of the cream.
Decorate
with the raspberry jam.