Lemon Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 175 g soft margarine
• 175 g caster sugar
• 1 large lemon, juice and zest of, grated
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 175 g self-raising flour
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180oc/gas 4.
• 2 lightly grease a 900g(2lb) loaf tin and line with baking parchment.
• 3 cream the margarine, sugar and lemon zest. beat in the eggs. fold in the flour and then the milk.
• 4 spoon the mixture into tin. bake for 35-40 mins, until firm to touch.
• 5 meanwhile, add the granulated sugar to the lemon juice and heat until almost dissolved.
• 6 when the cake is baked and still hot, pierce the cake with a skewer and spoon the lemon juice mixture over. allow to cool before removing from the tin.