Lemon cake

Name: Lemon cake
Total time: 3600 s
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1/2 pound unsalted butter; 2/1 /2 granulated sugar; 4 large eggs; 1/3 cup grated lemon zest (6-8 lemons); 3 cups flour; 1/2 Teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda; 1 Teaspoon salt; 3/4 freshly squeezed lemon juice; 3/4 cup butter milk; 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract

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Lemon cake

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Ingredients

1 hour

1/2 poundunsalted butter
2/1/2 granulated sugar
4large eggs
1/3 cupgrated lemon zest (6-8 lemons)
3 cupsflour
1/2 Teaspoonbaking powder
1/2 Teaspoonbaking soda
1 Teaspoonsalt
3/4freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 cupbutter milk
1 Teaspoonvanilla extract

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat oven to 175°C
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Grease and flour (8 by 1/1/4) baking pan
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Mix the butter and 2 cups granulated sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy
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Add eggs 1 at a time and lemon zest
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Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
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In other bowl combine 1/4 cup lemon juice, butter milk and vanilla.
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Add flour and butter milk mixture alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour.
8

Divide the batter evenly and bake for 45 min to 1 hour until a cake tester comes out clean.
9

When cake is done allow it to cool for 10 minutes. Remove cake from the pan and set on a tray to cool completely.