Delicious Lemon Tea Cake

Really promising!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 150  g butter, softened
• 150  g sugar
• 3  eggs, beaten
• 1  teaspoon lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  lemon essence
• 2 -3  drops lemons, food colour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 150  g all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Put butter and sugar in a bowl and cream together.
2. Add in the beaten eggs, one at a time.
3. Add in lemon juice, lemon essence, lemon colour and grated lemon rind.
4. Mix everything well together.
5. In another bowl, mix the flour and baking powder.
6. Add this into the bowl containing the butter-cream mixture.
7. Mix well.
8. Pour into a greased cake tin.
9. Bake in an oven that has been pre-heated to 180C for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
10. Cut into slices and serve with tea.