Lemon Loaf Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 125 g butter or 125 g margarine
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups self raising flour
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup sugar, extra
directions
- Sift flour into a bowl.
- Combine milk and eggs in a separate bowl or jug.
- Combine butter, lemon rind and sugar in a pan, heat until butter is melted, do not boil.
- Stir half the combined beaten eggs and milk with half of the sifted flour, then stir in the remaining egg mixture with the rest of the flour. Beat until smooth.
- Pour into a well greased 23cmx12cm loaf tin (9inx5in).
- Bake in a moderate oven (160 degrees celcius) for 40 minutes or until a skewer insrted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and leave cake in the tin.
- Combine lemon juice and sugar in a pan over low heat stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved, then bring to the boil briefly.
- Prick the top of the cake in several places with a fork and then pour lemon sugar mixture over the top of the cake. (You really need to leave the cake in the tin for this or t gets really messy).
- Leave the cake to cool in the tin.
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