Cake Two

Its Friday and only day two but I have to say its been hard to find the energy to make todays cake. Not because I am over cake but its Friday and one of two days I work. Thank goodness that the lemon loaf is easy and has filled my kitchen with sweet lemony smells. The cake is a bit on the small side and I probably should have put it in a smaller tin...oh well next time I will be repeating this one for sure.

Fresh Lemon Loaf

125gr butter

¾ cup caster sugar

2 eggs

¾ cups self-raising flour

1/3 cup plain flour

1/3 cup milk

2 tsp finely grated lemon zest

1/3 cup lemon juice

Extra ¼ cup caster sugar

 

-          Preheat oven 180c and grease a loaf tin.

-          Cream butter and sugar till fluffy.

-          Add one egg at a time , beat well after each egg added.

-          Sift in flour and add alternately with milk.

-          Fold in lemon zest.

-          Bake 40-45min.

-          Combine extra sugar and lemon juice and stir until dissolved.

-          When cake is cooked remove from oven and pour syrup over cake.

-          Cool on a wire rack.

-          May need to pour the syrup over several times so that the cake can absorb all the syrup.