Zesty yumminess !
Ingredients:
4/5 cup (200g) soft butter
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/3 cup (80ml) honey
Grated of 2 lemons
4 eggs
4/5 cup(200g) self raising flour
2 tbsp lemon juice (30ml)
Pinch salt
Lemon drizzle:
1&1/2 cups (195g) icing sugar
1/4 cup(60ml) lemon juice
Chopped almonds and zest to serve or honey comb if available
Makes 1 loaf
1. Preheat oven to 180C and grease and line a 8cmx20cm loaf pan.
2. Cream butter,sugar,honey and zest until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in flour,lemon juice and salt just until combined.
4. Spoon into prepared pan and smooth the top with the back of spoon . Bake for 45-55 minutes until skewr inserted comes out clean .
5.. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, turn out onto wire rack and cool completely.
For the icing:
Mix icing sugar and lemon juice beat until runny. Pour evenly over the top of the cake and set aside to harden slightly. Serve with chopped almonds,zest or honey comb.
Prepared, tried and tested by: https://www.facebook.com/alljoyslovelycooking/
