A nice airy cake to serve with afternoon tea or to eat as a refreshing snack. Super easy to make and absolutely delicious.
Prepare: 10 minutesmins
Bake: 50 minutesmins
Servings: 12people
Ingredients
For the Cake
1 ⅓cups(200g) flour
4 large(200g) eggs
¾cup(180mL) oil
¾cup(150g) sugar
1tbs(15mL) lemon juice
1 ½tsp(6g) baking powder
1tsp(2g) lemon zest
½tsp(2g) salt
For the Glaze
1cup(125g) powdered sugar
1 - 2 tbs(15-30mL) lemon juice
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F (180C.)
Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf tin (23x13cm) or line with parchment paper.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl.
In a large bowl, beat eggs, oil, zest of lemon, lemon juice and lemon extract until smooth. Beat in sugar. Add flour mixture and beat until lumps disappear, about 1 minute. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 50 - 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Center should read between 200F (93C) and 210F (99C.)
Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
Icing
Stir in lemon juice, one teaspoon at a time, into powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached in a small bowl.
Drizzle over top of cake and allow to air dry before stirring.
Notes
Self-rising flour can be substituted, but omit baking powder and salt.If using a dark colored pan, reduce temperature to 325F (160C) and bake an additional 5 - 10 minutes.