Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake

Recipe

Ingredients

For cake:

• 250 gm soft unsalted butter
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tbsp lemon zest
• 1/3 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• A pinch or two of lemon yellow food color

For lemon butter frosting:

• 100 gm soft unsalted butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp lemon rind 

Method:

• Pre-heat oven at 180'C. 
• Sift together baking powder and flour. 
• I got my lemon rind through grater and peeler. 
• In a bowl, add butter, sugar, vanilla essence and lemon rind.

• Mix with electric mixer at medium speed until combined. 

• Add eggs and mix again until combined. 

• Now alternatively in small quantities, add flour and milk and keep mixing at medium-high speed. 

• Once flour and milk are finished, add in lemon juice and yellow food color and mix. 

• Pour the mixture into a well greased cake pan. 
• Place the cake pan on middle shelf of oven and bake for 45-60 mins (depending on your oven). A tooth inserted should come out clean or with few crumbles (but not wet).

• Cool completely before applying icing. 
• For lemon butter frosting, combine all the frosting ingredients together with an electric mixer.

• Apply this frosting on the cake with a spatula. 

• Serve with your evening tea.