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Moist Lemon Cake

This is similar to the basic "four quarters" cake, but with the delicious double lemon flavour that comes from using both zest and juice.

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Last modified on: March 9^th 2016

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For 1 , you will need:

1 150 g flour
2 150 g icing sugar
3 150 g butter
4 1 lemon
5 70 g lemon juice
6 150 g egg ( How to... )
Total weight: 800 grams

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16 min.	30 min.	46 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Sieve together 150 g flour and 150 g icing sugar.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Add 150 g butter cut into small pieces (left for at least 1 hour at room temperature).

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Zest 1 lemon.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 70 g lemon juice.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

And, lastly, 150 g egg.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Beat with a food mixer until the mixture is evenly mixed.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Pour the mixture into a mould or tin, which you can stand on a baking sheet if you wish.

Stage 8 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes, checking if the cake is cooked after 25 minutes.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Turn out the cake.

Leave to cool before serving.

Remarks

You can combine lemon and almond flavours by adding 150g ground almonds to the mixture.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,549 Kcal or 10,672 Kj	35 gr	279 gr	143 gr
127 %	14 %	26 %	22 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
319 Kcal or 1,336 Kj	4 gr	35 gr	18 gr
16 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

Per
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,549 Kcal or 10,672 Kj	35 gr	279 gr	143 gr
127 %	14 %	26 %	22 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

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For 1 : 2.86 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oaty walnut cake , Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets", Sausage buckwheat pancakes, Piedmont pyramids, Crab Cakes, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Prune Far, Diplomat cream, Quail egg canapés, Mushrooms on toast, French style, Baked sea bass fillet with lemon and tarragon, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Finger biscuits, Chocolate rolls (petits pains), Sesame cookies, Panettone, Tomato foccacia, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oat financiers for Louise, Brioche slices with almond cream, Sweet pastry, X-Files cookies, Little Christmas biscuits, ... All

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