This lemon cake is so light and fluffy you could believe it’s calorie free! (It’s not. Sorry)
Ingredients
- 100 g butter/margarine
- 100 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 100 g self-raising flour
- 2 level teaspoons baking powder
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
Method
Line your choice of tin. I used a tray bake tin, but a circular tin would also work. You could also use this mixture to make cupcakes/buns. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Mix together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, flour and baking powder. Finally, add the lemon rind (use a fine grater). Mix until you have a smooth batter. Pour into the baking tin.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and springy to the touch. Leave to cool in the tin then turn out onto a wire rack.
I used regular water icing but made it lemon flavoured by adding lemon juice to the icing sugar, rather than water.
To create the feathering effect, colour a little icing yellow and pipe thin lines across the cake. Use a sharp knife to score through the yellow lines, right to left, then left to right. The result is a feathered pattern like this:
Leave the icing to set and then cut into as many slices as you like. This is a very light lemon sponge with a refreshing, crisp flavour.
If you’re looking for other “light” treats, try my Viennese Finger Biscuits (aka cookies). Surprisingly easy to make and unsurprisingly delicious 🙂
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Omgosh my absolute favourite! Thank you for the recipe!
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It’s such a nice alternative to chocolate 🙂 Thank you for visiting!
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Lemon cake is beautiful 🙂 I’d chose it over chocolate cake every day!
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Beautiful! Lemon cake is one of my favourites. And calorie-free too! 😉 (I’m willing to believe it if you are, ha ha.)
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It’s mostly air after all. Delicious sugary air, but still… 🙂
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Thanks allot Claire, when I saw calorie free I was so excited! Just kidding! Wonderful recipe! I love lemon!
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Me too! Sometimes chocolate is just too much and lemon is such a nice alternative 🙂
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Yes it is and this looks simple in a good way! I like basic and yummy
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Nothing that looks that good is going to be calorie free – unfortunately 😉
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🙂 It’s a shame that the more delicious things are, the higher their calorie content!
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Very true!
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Oh yum yum yum!!! So delicate and pretty!! And those Viennese look ANAZING! You are a dangerously delicious blog to follow!! 😉 xx
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Thank you. More chocolatey goodness this Friday! 🙂
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Noooooooo!!!! *maniacally orders crochet patterns* 😂
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Your recipe is very interesting, a yummy lemon sponge cake with a beautiful icing !!
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Thank you! It’s one of my favourites 🙂
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I will try to do it for a family’s tea time 🙂
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Oh. looks nice. Could do with a nice bit of cake while i read my book 🙂 Will have to try these
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Thank you! The lemon cake in particular goes very well with a cup of tea and a good book 🙂
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