Ingredients
125g butter 1 cup
caster sugar 2 eggs 1 cup self-raising flour 1/2
cup plain flour 1/2 cup milk 1/2 tsp salt the
rind of a large lemon
Preheat oven to moderate and grease
and line a loaf tin.
Cream butter well, add sugar and
beat until combined and mixture is almost white.
Add eggs
one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift
flour and salt and add alternately with the milk.
Pour
batter into prepared tin and bake for 30-40 minutes or until cake
springs back and a skewer comes out clean.
for lemon
butter icing
80g butter 1 cup icing sugar 1
tbs lemon juice or to taste
Cream butter well. Sift icing
sugar and beat into butter. Add lemon juice and beat until the icing
has reached your preferred taste.
for lemon syrup
Juice
of that large lemon you zested earlier 1/4 cup caster sugar
Mix
juice and sugar together and stir until sugar dissolves. When cake is
cooked and still warm from the oven, pour lemon juice mix over the top.
Leave to cool in tin.
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