HONEY AND LEMON CAKE
This rich lemon honey cake is loaded with honey flavor and the perfect amount of lemon.
Serves: 9-12
Total Time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
3 lemons, 1 1/2 zested, 3 juiced
250 gr unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup / 250gr caster sugar
4 pc eggs
8 tsp cotton blossom honey
250gr self raising flour
200gr icing sugar
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 170°C/150°C fan/gas 3. Whisk 250g of butter and the caster sugar with until white and creamy. Gradually stir in the eggs. Add the lemon zest, 1/2 the honey and the juice of 1 lemon. Stir in flour and pour the mixture into a greased,23cm x 30cm baking tray and bake it for 25-30 mins.
2. Mix the juice of another lemon with the remaining honey. Prick the cake several times with a skewer while it's still warm and drizzle it with the lemon juice and honey mixture. Leave the cake on a wire rack to cool.
3. Mix the icing sugar with the remaining lemon juice. Remove 1 tablespoon and mix with a little yellow food colouring.
4. Loosen the cooled cake from the cake tin and pour the icing smoothly over the cake. Pipe straight lines over the top with the yellow icing. Using a toothpick pull the icing in opposite directions. Allow to cool and trim the sides.