Lemon cake

Name: Lemon cake
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 1kg
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 230 g margarine; 180 g sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups all purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda; Pinch salt; 3/4 cup sour milk; Rind of 1 lemon; Juice of fresh lemon; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

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Ingredients

50min

1kg

230 gmargarine
180 gsugar
2eggs
2 cupsall purpose flour
1 tspbaking powder
1 1/2 tspbicarbonate soda
Pinchsalt
3/4 cupsour milk
Rind of 1 lemon
Juice of fresh lemon
1 1/2 tspvanilla essence

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Steps

50min

1

Grease baking tin. In a bowl beat the margarine and sugar till fluffy and pale
2

Add an egg at a time mixing ensure well incorporated
3

Sift the dry ingredients and add slowly to the bowl mixing and adding sour milk little at a time. Add the rind and lemon juice with essence folding properly till right consistency is obtained
4

Preheat oven at 180 degrees and bake batter for 50min till golden brown or with toothpick inserted at the centre comes out clean. Let cool for 15min in tin then invert for further cooling