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Lemon Cake
Lemon Cake
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Lemon Cake

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15 mins
20 mins
Easy
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We like an easy lemon cake and this recipe is about as easy as it gets - throw all the ingredients in a food processor!

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Ingredients

Cake

  • 120g butter, softened
  • 1 cup Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (150g)
  • 3 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder
  • ⅔ cup Chelsea White Sugar (150g)
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ cup Meadow Fresh Original Milk (60ml)
  • grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Topping

  • juice of 1 lemon
  • ½ cup Chelsea White Sugar (113g)
  • 3-4 Tbsp boiling water (to dissolve sugar)

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Preheat oven to 180ºC bake. Grease and line an 18cm square baking tin.
Place all cake ingredients together in a food processor, in the order listed above, and process for 15 seconds.
Pour mixture into prepared tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
For topping - mix the lemon juice, Chelsea White Sugar and boiling water together to form a runny syrup. Spoon topping onto cake while hot. Leave to cool in tin.

NOTE: This recipe can also be made with electric hand mixers. Place all cake ingredients in a bowl in the stated order and mix until combined.

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