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Lemon Cake
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 54 Minutes
Ready In: 64 Minutes
Servings: 8
A Nice lemony cake for Tea!
Ingredients:
1 cup greek yogurt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon rind
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 lemon, rind of, cut into strips
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 180C degrees (375F degrees).
2. Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until light and creamy.
3. Add eggs and beat well.
4. In a separate bowl, stir together yoghurt, lemon juice, rind, sifted flour and bicarb.
5. Add to egg mixture and mix until well combined.
6. Spoon mixture into a greased 23 cm cake tin and bake for 45 minutes or until cake is cooked when tested with a skewer.
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8. Syrup-.
9. Place sugar, water, lemon juice and rind into a saucepan.
10. Cook, stirring over a low heat until sugar has dissolved.
11. Allow syrup to simmer for 4 minutes, then immediately pour syrup over cake while it is hot and still in the tin.
12. Allow cake to stand for 5 minutes and serve with a dollop of Greek Yoghurt.
By RecipeOfHealth.com