This fresh scented, moist and lemony cake is a perfect treat for tea time parties. You can use orange instead of lemons.
INGREDIENTS:
Butter | 3/4 cup |
Flour | 1 and 1/2 cup |
Baking powder | 3/4 tsp |
Salt | 1/2 tsp |
Poppy seeds | 1 tbsp |
Sugar | 1 cup |
Eggs | 3 |
Vanilla essence | 1 tsp |
Grated lemon zest | 2 tbsp |
Lemon juice | 1/3 cup |
Milk | 1/2 cup |
METHOD:
- Preheat oven at 150c and grease loaf pan. (you can use any pan).
- In a bowl stir flour, baking powder, salt and poppy seeds. Set aside.
- In another bowl beat butter and sugar with electric beater till fluffy.
- Add eggs one by one and beat well.
- Now add vanilla essence and lemon zest.
- Add half flour and then half milk beat on low speed, then add flour and half milk again beat on low speed.
- Pour in greased pan and bake at 180c till inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- In a a saucepan boil lemon juice and sugar 1/3 cup to prepare lemon syrup.
- Remove cake from oven. While in the pan poke holes in cake with toothpick and pour syrup on cake let it cool down then remove from pan and serve.
- Enjoy with tea.