Lemon Cake for Mum

Hope you've had a good day, thank you for your sweet, sweet words.

We had lunch at mum's and I baked her a fluffy Lemon Cake...I think she liked it as well as her framed embroidery.
I showed her all your sweet comments...she was speechless...
thank you

Lemon Cake
(makes two 20cm cakes)


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ingredients

  • 225g butter, softened
  • 4 eggs
  • 225g caster sugar
  • 225g self raising flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 25g cornflour
  • grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
method

  • preheat oven to 180 C/160 C (fan), grease and line two 20cm tins with baking paper
  • beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy
  • sift dry ingredients in a bowl
  • add eggs to butter mixture one at a time and beat well after each addition
  • add dry ingredients and beat until combined and then add juice and zest and only beat until combined
  • divide mixture evenly between the two tins, bake for about 25 minutes or until slightly golden and tested with a skewer
  • remove from oven and allow to cool in tins for about 5 minutes
  • transfer to a wire rack, allow to cool and ice with a lemon butter cream icing
Lemon Butter Cream
ingredients

  • 150g butter softened
  • grated zest and juice of 1 large lemon
  • 500g icing mixture
method

  • beat butter, lemon juice, zest and half the icing mixture until fluffy
  • gradually keep adding icing mixture, tasting as you go, it may not need it all
  • continue beating until fluffy and creamy
  • ice and sandwich cakes together, ice top of cake and decorate
Enjoy your week
♥
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Comments

  1. Jennie9 May 2010 at 02:05

    Happy Mother's Day Cathie!
    Hope you guys had a great day!xx

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  2. Anonymous9 May 2010 at 02:08

    Oh that cake looks so amazing! And your embroidery is simply fabulous! You are so clever. Happy Mother's Day!
    Sophie x

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  3. Selina9 May 2010 at 02:31

    mmmmm, looks delicious! hope your mother's day was just as delicious!

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  4. Tanya9 May 2010 at 03:27

    Great because during my mothers day visit I did nick some lemons off my mums tree!

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  5. Pam9 May 2010 at 03:35

    Scrumptious cake Cathie. So pretty. I'll definitely have to give this one a go.
    Glad you had a lovely day and your embroidery is wonderful. Clever you. :) x

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  6. teddybearswednesday9 May 2010 at 04:11

    Oh Cathie I'm drooling. do you ever make that cake for markets? I'm rather envious of your mum, not only did she get this cake, but that gorgeous embroidery too. Lucky woman.
    Hope you were suitably spoilt yourself. xo

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  7. Ms Leaney9 May 2010 at 04:22

    Hi Cathie,

    thanks for your visit to my blog! I know I am gonna LOVE following your blog. I feel hungry!!!

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  8. koralee9 May 2010 at 07:50

    Now that is the sweetest cake ever! Lemon is yummy..keeping my fingers crossed that I will have a sweet treat today. xoxoxo

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  9. lululu9 May 2010 at 07:51

    Very beautiful cake! Love the little floral decoration!

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  10. Anonymous9 May 2010 at 09:03

    yum!!!

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  11. Rosie9 May 2010 at 10:14

    Ahhh...that looks so very good...save me a piece!

    Thank you for your lovely visit & sweet words...
    Wishing you have a "joyfilled"

    ~~~~~M*O*T*H*E*R*S D*A*Y~~~~

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  12. SE'LAH...9 May 2010 at 16:51

    yum, yum.

    Happy Mother's Day, sweet jewel.
    one love.

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  13. Lou9 May 2010 at 18:20

    Looks gorgeous. Happy Mother's Day to you and your mum for yesterday. Lou.

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  14. What's For Tea?9 May 2010 at 20:24

    What a beautiful cake and I LOVE the embroidery! So clever :)

    Mums are ace!

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  15. admin9 May 2010 at 22:07

    Stunning cake!! & the embroidery is just the most special piece of art - wonderful!! XO

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  16. Laydebird10 May 2010 at 00:59

    Yummy! And thanks for the recipe, I may just give this one a try...I don't think I have made a cake (apart from banana) since high school :-)

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  17. my little expat kitchen10 May 2010 at 01:19

    Hello Cathie. What a beautiful cake! It looks amazing. I love those cute little flowers on top. Thank you for stopping by my blog :)
    Magda

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  18. Tania10 May 2010 at 06:04

    MMMMMMMMMM. Cake. I'm going to have to set the two year old up with a gmail account. She'd follow your blog in a nanosecond.

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  19. christina10 May 2010 at 10:17

    this is beautiful! thinking of you, friend.
    xo

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  20. Martina10 May 2010 at 11:06

    I love the little flowers on that cake - makes it look double yummy, as i'm sure it is!

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  21. lyptis10 May 2010 at 18:02

    Wow, this cake looks so sweet and elegant. Amazing pictures too!

    Very well done!

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  22. beachvintage.com10 May 2010 at 22:47

    Hi Cathie, I adore the look of your blog. Happy Mothers DAy for last Sunday. Love the cake.

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  23. Chicken Willow11 May 2010 at 14:01

    What a delicious looking cake, that'll be going in my cook book. Thanks Cathie!

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  24. Sandrine12 May 2010 at 16:04

    Oh Audrey was asking about a lemon cake yesterday how funny??Thanks for the recipe it sounds like now I have no excuses:)XX
    PS: but mine would not look so stylish!

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  25. Marie-Louise3 July 2010 at 03:24

    Your recipes and photos are absolutely fantastic! Spent quite a bit of time just reading and absorbing yesterday (on my husband's teeny-tiny notebook as my laptop was in the shop). Now I'm itching to get back into the kitchen to make some weekend treats. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  26. kit and nancy.17 September 2011 at 02:37

    soooooo gorgeous. yum.

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