Lemon loaf cake
Description
A really basic, adaptable cake which works with almost any additional flavouring in place of the lemon.
Ingredients
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Serves
6 - 12, depends how you slice it!
- 175g sugar
- 175g butter
- 175g Self Raising flour
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 lemons
- 25g sugar
Method/steps
- Cream butter and sugar until pale in colour.
- Add the eggs a little at a time.
- Fold in the flour.
- Add the juice of 1/2 lemon, and 1 lemon's worth of zest.
- Bake in a small loaf tin (or any other size tin really - it doesn't much matter) at 180 deg C for about 40 - 45 mins.
- Mix the remaining lemon juice and zest with the 25g sugar.
- Pour it all over the cake while it still hot, and let it cool in the tin. Serve with tea etc etc etc.
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