Lemon Cake

Ingredients

• 300 g butter
• 300 g sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 200 g Flour
• 100 g cornstarch
• 3 lemons (juice)
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
• butter (for the pan)
• 250 g powdered sugar
• 4 tbsp Lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1.

   Whisk softened butter with sugar and eggs until thick and golden yellow.

2. 2.

   Sift together flour, baking powder, lemon zest, and cornstarch; fold into the butter mixture along with lemon juice.

3. 3.

   Pour batter into a greased loaf tin, smooth top, bake in preheated oven at 200°C for about 50 minutes. If cake darkens halfway, cover with foil.

4. 4.

   Remove finished cake (test with a toothpick), let cool in tin for ~5 minutes, then release and cool on a wire rack.

5. 5.

   For decoration whisk lemon juice with powdered sugar until thick; brush over cake and allow to set.