Julie's Lemon Cake

This is a great one bowl easy mix cake. To make it milk free, replace the milk with 3.5 tabs water and the butter with a dairy free margarine.

Equipment

• cake tin
• mixer or electric whisk optional

Oven Temperatures

preheated oven, 180-190C 350-375F GM4-5

Ingredients

• 100g or 4oz butter (softened) or margarine
• 175g or 6oz self-raising flour
• 175g or 6oz caster sugar
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 large eggs
• grated rind of 1 lemon
• citrus jelly shapes

Instructions

1. Grease tin but do not line it.
2. Place all ingredients in a bowl or mixer and beat for 5 minutes.
3. Pour into cake tin.
4. Bake in preheated oven 180-190C for 45 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and leave in tin.
6. Prick cake all over with fork/cocktail sticks/skewers.
7. Decorate with citrus jelly things (optional).
8. Pour lemon syrup over pricked cake while still hot.
9. Leave to cool before turning out and serving.

Links (to icings etc)

• lemon syrup

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This page was last updated by Mad Hatter on 12th May 2001.