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Easy Lemon Cake
Easy Lemon Cake
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Easy Lemon Cake

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20 mins
32 mins
Easy
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Zesty, light, and bursting with lemon flavour, this is the best easy lemon cake for a refreshing and delightful treat.

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  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups plain flour (375g), plus more for pans
  • 1 Tbsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 250g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pans
  • 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar (450g)
  • 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
  • ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (90ml)
  • 1 cup low-fat buttermilk (250ml)
  • 1 lemon, thinly sliced and seeded

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White Sugar

White Sugar

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Method

Preheat oven to 180°C bake. Butter and flour 2 x 20cm round cake tins, tapping out excess flour. 

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, lemon zest, salt, baking powder and baking soda together.

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups Chelsea White Sugar until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Beat in 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, mixing until just combined.

Divide batter between pans; smooth tops. Bake for 32-35 minutes, until cakes pull away from sides of the tins and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in tins for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.

While cakes are baking, bring remaining 1/2 cup sugar plus 1/2 cup water to a boil in a saucepan. Add lemon slices and simmer for 25 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer lemon slices to a baking paper-lined plate. Stir remaining 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice into syrup.

Using a toothpick, poke holes in warm cakes on rack. Brush with lemon syrup. Let cool completely. Ice with lemon icing, if desired. Top with candied lemon slices.

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