Add sugar gradually while beating till all is mixed. Add vanilla essence during this step
Add flour and pinch of salt and mix with your hands
This is how the batter should look
Grease your baking dish with butter. Line it with butter paper so that taking it out is easier. Make sure that it is of such size that the batter should cover half of the dish. We used 11 by 11 inch
Pour the mixture in
Tap it to release air bubbles
Bake it at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes according to your oven or till the pick comes out clean of the sponge
Repeat the same to bake another cake
Add lemon juice in the cream and mix it and place in refrigerator to chill
Then beat it with sugar, vanilla essence till it thickens to your required consistency
Moisten each cake with the fresh orange juice
Crush the butter puffs roughly with your hands. Leave one portion for upper half decoration
Spread the cream over one of the moistened cake
Spread the crushed butter puff over it
Place the other half over the top
Moisten it with orange juice
Spread the cream over it. You can be as generous as you want at this point 🙂
Spread the other half of puff pastry on top and decorate it as you please. Sprinkle some icing sugar on top. And your cake is ready