Lemon meringue cake

Nigella Lawson’s recipe for Lemon Meringue Cake (courtesy of the recipe website Cookstr) struck us as the perfect springtime dessert option. Easier than its namesake pie, it’s just as delicious. In fact, to use her words,  “…the layers of cake, with their crisp-carapaced squashy-bellied meringue topping sandwiched with tart lemon curd and softly whipped cream are so much better than a lemon meringue pie could ever be. I include it [in her cookbook Feast] because it seems to sing with springtime and Easter hopefulness, but I wouldn’t push it away at any time of the year.”