Moist Lemon Cake


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 9th 2016

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Stage 1 - 2 min.
Moist Lemon Cake : Photo of step #1
Sieve together 150 g flour and 150 g icing sugar.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
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Add 150 g butter cut into small pieces (left for at least 1 hour at room temperature).

Stage 3 - 1 min.
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Stage 4 - 1 min.
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Add 70 g lemon juice.

Stage 5 - 1 min.
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And, lastly, 150 g egg.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
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Beat with a food mixer until the mixture is evenly mixed.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Stage 7 - 2 min.
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Pour the mixture into a mould or tin, which you can stand on a baking sheet if you wish.

Stage 8 - 30 min.
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Bake for about 30 minutes, checking if the cake is cooked after 25 minutes.

Stage 9 - 1 min.
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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.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,549 Kcal or 10,672 Kj35 gr279 gr143 gr
127 %14 %26 %22 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
319 Kcal or 1,336 Kj4 gr35 gr18 gr
16 %2 %3 %3 %
Per
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,549 Kcal or 10,672 Kj35 gr279 gr143 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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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rum babas, Caribbean upside-down cake, Fresh pasta dough, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), ... All
Icing sugarIcing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little Christmas biscuits, Coconut tuiles, Nanou's chocolate cake, Sweet pastry, Coconut paste, ... All
EggEgg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sushi, Mustard baps, Sesame cookies, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Walnut short bread, ... All
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Roscoff loaf, Mouna, Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, ... All
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