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Lemon Cake
⏱️ 40 min 👥 Serves 10 📅 22 February 2026
A classic, buttery lemon sponge with generous lemon zest, finished with a lemon mascarpone icing and lemon glaze.
👩🍳 Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 150°C. Grease and line your cake tin.
- 2
Cream the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy.
- 3
Add the eggs slowly, one at a time, mixing well between each.
- 4
Stir in the lemon zest.
- 5
Fold in the self raising flour and milk until just combined.
- 6
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
- 7
Once cool, top with lemon mascarpone icing and finish with a lemon glaze.