Lemon Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 200 g butter
• 200 g golden caster sugar
• 200 g self-raising flour
• 3 large eggs
• 2 large unwaxed lemons, zest of
• 125 g golden granulated sugar
• 2 lemons, juice of (the lemon above plus one other)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180c/gas mark 4.
• 2 you will need a spring-form 20cm. round cake tin, either non-stick or lined and buttered.
• 3 put the butter and sugar into the bowl of a food mixer and beat until light and fluffy, a matter of 3-5 minutes.
• 4 add the lemon zest.
• 5 beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 6 the mixture will be quite loose. sift the flour into the mixture and gently fold it in with a metal spoon.
• 7 scoop the mixture into the cake tin and bake until risen and golden, which should take about 45 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, mix the lemon juice and sugar together(the sugar doesn't have to be dissolved).
• 9 remove the cake from the oven and leave in the tin.
• 10 poke holes in the top of the cake about 30 times with a skewer or knitting needle.
• 11 pour the lemon-sugar mixture over the top.
• 12 the juice will soak into the cake; the sugar will form a sour-sweet crust on top.