Lemon Cake
Ingredients
- 500 ml flour
- Salt a pinch
- 10 ml baking powder
- 3 ml bicarbonate of soda
- 125 g butter
- 300 gms condensed milk
- about 150 ml water
- 5 ml vanilla essence
METHOD
- Sift flour , baking powder and
bicarbonate of soda together.
- Cool butter slightly and add
condensed milk, water and vanilla
essence,lemon zest, to dry ingredients
- Beat the batter until smooth .
grease and line 20cm tins
Spoon in the cake better.
- Sprinkle some wallnuts.
- Bake in a preheated oven at
180°C (350F) for 20 minutes.
Leave in tins for a few minutes before
turning onto a wire rack to cool. Ice
with Lemon icing
LEMON ICING
30 ml soft butter
375 ml icing sugar
5 ml grated lemon zest
15 ml lemon juice
Method
- Cream butter, icing sugar and
rind together. Add enough juice to
make mixture light and creamy, and
of a spreadable consistency
- Sandwich layers together and ice
the top of the cake.