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Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake

Make this fresh lemon cake and decorate as you choose.  We have decorated this one for a special Dad!

Preparation Time 20 minutes
Baking Time 45 minutes
Portions 12
Skill Level Easy
Average Rating 3 stars
 

Lemon Cake Ingredients

225 grams Wholemeal Self Raising Flour (Allinson) Wholemeal Self Raising Flour (Allinson)
125 grams Butter cubed
125 grams Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's) Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
2 Lemons finely grated zest and juice
2 Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs) large Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs)
2 tbsp Lemon Curd
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Additional Ingredients

200 grams Cream cheese
50 grams Butter
4 tbsp Golden Icing Sugar (Billington's) Golden Icing Sugar (Billington's)
3 tbsp Lemon Curd
 

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How to make Lemon Cake

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  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/Gas mark 4. Grease a 7 x 11inch tin.
  2. Put the flour into a processor with the butter and blend until the mixture forms into crumbs. Add the sugar, lemon zest and juice, eggs and lemon curd and whiz again until well blended together.
  3. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes until the cake is risen and firm and a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  4. Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack.
  5. Mix together the cream cheese and butter in a processor until well combined. Add the sieved icing sugar and blend for just a few seconds.
  6. Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the cooled cake. Put 2 small plastic bags inside each other and spoon in the lemon curd. Twist the top and snip off a tiny corner. Gently squeeze the bag to pipe letters and a message on top of the cakes.
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Reviews

Read all reviews (1) | Average rating: 3 stars

"I have just tried this receipe, and it baked rather dry. This may be because I used wholemeal flour and the old fashioned method of creaming as I do not have a processor. However the creamy topping saved it, and it is all gone. Next time I will add some milk to make sure the mixture is moist."

12-06-2010 | Author: baking bear | 3 stars

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