Lemon Cream Roll Cake with Spring Nest Topping

Lemon Cream Roll Cake with Spring Nest Topping 🍋🌸

This light and citrusy Lemon Cream Roll Cake is filled with fluffy lemon whipped cream and decorated with a rustic buttercream frosting, chocolate shavings, and speckled candy eggs for a playful springtime centerpiece. Perfect for Easter or any spring celebration, it’s a refreshing dessert with beautiful presentation!

🧾 Ingredients

For the Sponge Cake:

• 4 large eggs
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon
• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• Powdered sugar (for dusting towel)

For the Lemon Cream Filling:

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• ½ cup lemon curd
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

For the Frosting:

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1½ cups powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp lemon zest
• 1–2 tbsp heavy cream (as needed for texture)

For Decoration:

• Sweetened whipped cream (for piping)
• Chocolate shavings or curls
• Speckled mini candy eggs (pastel colors)

👩‍🍳 Instructions