It's very very warm..kind of sunny today so I thought what better than a lovely fresh lemon cake! Never made them before and I was unsure of whether they would turn out as I sort of just bashed loads of ingredients together and hoped for the best..but all was well and they're prettyyy tasty!
To make them you need:
125g Self raising flour
125g Butter
125g Sugar
3 Eggs
Zest from 1 lemon
Juice from 1/2 lemon
1) Cream together butter & sugar in a bowl until smooth
2) Crack in the eggs & mix until smooth batter
3) Add the lemon zest & juice
4) Fold in the flour
5) Place into cases in & put into a preheated oven at 180 degrees.
For the frosting:
125g Butter
250g Icing sugar
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1) Mix together the butter & icing sugar gradually to make a thick paste
2) Add in the lemon juice and mix again until smooth
3) I usually add a bit of blue food colouring if I want white frosting..makes it look whiter!
4) Spread onto the cooled cakes (or pipe if you can be bothered!)
5) Voila!
P.s.. Please also excuse my dreadful attempt to make my photos look like something out of a baking book.
