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Saturday 24 May 2014

Little Lemon Cake

Hello Everybody!

Today I thought I'd share one of my favourite recipes ever, Lemon Cake! It tastes the best and it's so easy!



Ingredients:
2 Lemons
1 1/4 Cups Caster Sugar
125g Butter, Softened
2 Eggs, Separated
1 Cup Self Raising Flour
2 Tablespoons Milk

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C, and grease a 6 hole muffin pan or cake tin before you start.

Cake:
1. Grate 2 teaspoons rind from 1 lemon. Juice remaining lemons. Using an electric
 mixer, beat butter, 1/2 cup sugar and lemon rind until light and fluffy. Add egg
yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Wash and dry beaters. Whisk
egg whites in another bowl until stiff peaks form.


2. Sift flour over butter mixture. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and milk. Stir until
 just combined. Using a large metal spoon, gently fold egg whites into butter mixture.
 Divide mixture between prepared pan holes. Smooth top. Bake for 20 minutes or
until golden and a skewer inserted in centre of 1 cake comes out clean. Stand in
pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack over a baking tray.

Syrupy Glaze
3. Meanwhile, place remaining sugar and 1/3 cup lemon juice in a saucepan
 over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until sugar dissolves. 
Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 4 to 5 minutes or until thick and syrupy.
 Spoon the syrup over cakes. Cool for 5 minutes.
 Serve cakes warm, and share 'em round to spread the love!


Thanks so much for reading. I have some beauty and fashion posts on their way, stay tuned for that! If you try the recipe out, tweet it to me @emiliecharlie and i'll see you next week! 

xxx