Today I baked this wonderful tasty lemon cake because lemon cake is my hubby's favourite cake. Thats my valentine gift for him. Happy Valentine to all of you.........Hope everyone is enjoying their day........
175gm butter
175gm self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 medium eggs
3tsp lemon juice
finaely grated rind of 2 lemons
3-4 tsp lemon curd
For Butter Cream
50 gm butter, at room temperature
100 gm icing sugar
good squeeze of lemon juice
Preheat the oven to 190°c/gas mark 5, 10 minutes before baking. Lightly oil and line the base of a deep round 8 inch cake tin with baking paper.
In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter together untill light and fluffy. Whisk the eggs together and beat into the creamed mixture a little at a time
Beat in the lemon juice. Sift the remaining flour and fold into the creamed mixture.
Spoon into the prepared cake tin. Spoon the lemon curd dot randomly across the top of the mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn out carefully on to a wire rack.
Put the butter in a bowl and beat. Add the icing sugar little by little, beating well after each addition. Add a good squeeze of lemon juice and mix in.
Spread the butter cream on top of the cake and decorate with lemon silvers.
Cut into pieces and serve.
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