Lemon Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 125 g butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 cup milk (can substitute milk for water)
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream together the butter and sugar.
• 2 add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 3 stir in flour and milk alternately.
• 4 pour cake batter into a prepared standard size cake tin.
• 5 bake for approximately 45 minutes at 180°c.
• 6 take the cake out of the oven and pour the warm lemon syrup over the cake while it is still hot.
• 7 allow the cake to cool on a wire rack.
• 8 small amount of granulated sugar can be sprinkled over the cake for decoration and crunch.
• 9 note: lemon syrup is made from the juice of one lemon and 1/2 cup sugar, which has been heated on the cook top until the sugar has only just dissolved.