Description
To do this, you have to be a patient cook and the ingredients used must be of the best possible quality.
Ingredients
Scale
- 175 g good quality unsalted butter, soft not runny
- 175 g caster sugar
- 275 g spelt flour
- 2 heaped teaspoons of baking powder (use only one when using wheat four)
- 4 large free range eggs
- grated zest of half an organic lemon
- thin peels of zest of half an organic lemon for decoration
Instructions
- Prepare a 18 cm – 20 cm round cake tin with greaseproof paper and set aside
- Preheat your oven to 180° C
- Cream the soft butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl and use an electric mixer to beat the mixture until light and fluffy
- Add the eggs one by one, beating well
- Add the lemon zest, stir well
- Sift the flour and the baking powder so the baking powder is divided nicely
- Gently fold the ingredients together and combine well
- Transfer the dough into the prepared cake tin and put in the preheated oven for 45 minutes
- After 45 minutes ass the lemon peel to the top of the cake, bake for a further 15 minutes
- Decorate with a soft dusting of icing sugar
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Baking