Recipe – Lemon Madeira Excellence

Lemon Madeira Cake Recipe

Ingredients

220g butter

3/4 cup caster sugar

zest of  lemons

3 eggs

1  1/3 cup Self Raising flour; then make up to 2 cups with Plain flour

1/4 cup lemon juice

some additional sugar, (extra)

 Method

1. Cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer
2. Add lemon zest and eggs  mixing well after each addition
3. Stir in flours and lemon juice gently till evenly mixed
4. Spoon into a greased and lined 23cm x 13cm x 7 cm loaf tin
5. Top unbaked loaf with additional caster sugar
6. Bake for 1 hour  at 150 degrees celsius. (30 mins for small loaf pans)
7. Allow to cool in tin before removing
8. Dust with Icing sugar to serve

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