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Lemon and Almond Cake

Lemon and Almond Cake

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This is a delicious lemon and almond cake with cream cheese frosting

Preparation Time	30 minutes
Baking Time	30 minutes
Portions	For 1 Cake
Skill Level	Easy
Average Rating

Lemon and Almond Cake Ingredients

275 grams	Butter
275 grams	Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
5	Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs) beaten
275 grams	Self Raising Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
2 tsp	Baking Powder
50 grams	Almonds ground
	grated zest 2 lemons

Additional Ingredients

For the Decoration:

125 grams	Butter softened
350 grams	Cream cheese Philadelphia full-fat
250 grams	Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown) sifted
	finely grated zest 1 lemon
2.50 tbsp	single cream
	small candles

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How to make Lemon and Almond Cake

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Preheat oven to 180 C, 160 C fan, 350 F, gas 4. Grease and base line 2 20cm, 8inch round cake tins.
Place the butter and caster sugar in a large bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer and beat on high until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs, beating well.
Stir in the flour and baking powder,ground almonds and lemon zest and fold these in.
Divide the mixture between the two tins . Bake for 30 minutes. Until golden brown and just firm to the touch. Remove from the oven, cool, then turn out on to a wire rack. When cold cut in half.
To make the icing, beat the butter until very soft, add the cream cheese and the icing sugar and lemon zest and beat until smooth.
Sandwich the cake with a little of the icing . Spread the remaining icing over the top and sides. swirling with a palette knife into rough peaks. Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving. Decorate with candles to serve.

Reviews

Read all reviews (1) | Average rating: 4 stars

"I made this for a friends birthday and it went down a treat, quick and easy to make so you don 't spend all day in the kitchen, I added a little lemon juice to make it a little more lemony . "

22-06-2011 | Author: lizzydrip | 4 stars