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Lemon Curd and Raspberry Sandwich Cake

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[Technical challenge: mystery box, no recipe, two hours, judged blind. Finished 10th]
Molly made a lemon sponge sandwich cake filled with lemon curd and raspberry puree, switching to American buttercream after her Swiss meringue buttercream failed.
Molly: "I'm very nervous about this one."
Molly: "I'm going essentially with a lemon drizzle cake, but I'm gonna do a sandwich cake. I'm gonna do a lemon curd and raspberry puree."
Molly: "It looks like a sponge looks how it does at home."
Molly: "I'm just going to check my cake. It might be done, but the texture doesn't seem quite right."
Molly: "I think the cake had concertinaed. It had squished together."
{Noel}: "Sure you never dropped it? Be honest."
Molly: "No, I promise. I didn't drop it."
Molly: "I'm trying to make a raspberry puree and Swiss meringue buttercream."
Molly: "It smells like egg. I'm annoyed at myself because I wasn't whisking them. The eggs have started to cook, so I'm just going to have to pivot to American buttercream."
Molly: "Oh, well, it's done now."
Molly: "That was not my kind of challenge, so I'm not surprised it didn't go very well. I'll just have to try my best tomorrow."
[Blind judging]
Paul: "So it's a lemon sponge, lemon curd and raspberry puree. Wow. That's tough."
Nigella: "I think someone's had difficulty with the raising agent."
Paul: "Flavor's not particularly good. It's definitely the sponges. Yeah, it's too dense."
Paul (announcing 10th place): "It's very difficult to get some flavor from it."
Judges' ranking: 10th.
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