When life gives you lemons, make a lemon cake!!! This simple recipe makes a beautiful moist cake with stunning flavours. Perfect for those warm Spring/Summer evenings sitting in the garden with a cup of tea (or in our case coffee).
Ingredients:
For the cake:
-1 lemon, zest only, grated
-1 tbsp lemon juice
-175g/6oz self raising flour, sifted
-1 tsp baking powder
-175g/6oz butter, room temperature
-175g/6oz caster sugar
-3 eggs
-2 tbsp rosewater
-30g ground almond
-100g pistachios (extra for decoration)
For the icing:
-1 large lemon, zest only
-50g/20z icing sugar, sifted
-2-3 tsp lemon juice
Method:
1. Pre heat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas3
2. In a large bowl, whisk all the cake ingredients together until smooth. Line or grease a baking tin. Place in the oven for about 35 minutes.
3. When the cake is cooked, take it out of the oven. Carefully remove the cake from the tin and put it on a cake rack to cool.
4. For the icing, sift the icing sugar in a bowl and mix it with the lemon juice until you have a soft runny consistency.
4. Using a spoon, drizzle the icing over the cake (don't worry if it runs a little down the sides). Chop up the extra pistachios and sprinkle along the centre of the cake. Using a zester, zest a lemon. Scatter the lemon zest on top of the cake and finish off by scattering rose petals (just for decoration, optional). ENJOY!! XX
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