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Preheat your oven to 160°C / 320°F / Gas mark 3.
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Grease and flour or line with parchment paper a 2lb / 900g loaf tin.
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Zest and Juice 1 large lemon.
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Melt the butter: just until it becomes runny (I use the microwave).
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Add the eggs to a bowl and whisk until light and airy, a hand-held electric mixer is ideal (see video).
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Add the condensed milk and whisk for 1 minute.
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Now add the lemon zest, butter and vanilla extract, whisk for a further minute.
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Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt, (omit the salt if using salted butter)
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Using a spatula, gently fold in the flour until you have a smooth batter, (don’t worry if there a few small lumps of flour in the batter they will cook out).
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Carefully pour the batter into your prepared loaf tin/pan, making sure you scrape it all out of the bowl.
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Give the tin a few light taps on the bench to lift any of the larger air bubbles.
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Now get it into your pre-heated oven and bake for 50 minutes.
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When the time is up, check it with a cocktail or kebab stick, if it comes out dry, it’s done, if not bake for a further 5 minutes and try again.
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Place the cake (still in the tin) on a wire rack and with a cocktail stick prick a few holes in the cake.
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Spoon half of your lemon juice over the cake and let it soak in for 10 minutes.
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Making the lemon Icing or drizzle:
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In the meantime, mix the remaining lemon juice with the icing sugar, making a thick smooth lemon icing or frosting.
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Remove the cake from the tin and place it on a wire rack over a clean dry baking sheet.
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Pour the thick icing over the top of the cake allowing to drizzle over the sides.
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Using a couple of bench scrapers, scoop up any icing that flowed into the baking sheet and pour it back over the top of the cake, it will eventually thicken and set.
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Once the icing has set, slice and serve with a nice cup of tea or coffee.
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Enjoy.
Method
Ingredients
200g / 7oz Plain/ all-purpose flour
15g / 1tbls Baking powder
¼tsp Salt (Omit: if using salted butter)
Zest & Juice of 1 Large Lemon
380g / 14oz Can Condensed milk
155g / 5½oz Butter (melted)
3 Eggs (large, room temp)
6mls / 1tsp Vanilla extract
Icing/Frosting:
140g / 5oz Icing or Powdered Sugar
Lemon Juice
Stainless Steel Microplane Grater & Zester
2lb / 900g Loaf Tin/Pan
Skeleton style Oven Gloves. Rated for up to and not beyond 260°C / 500°F.
Flour Sprinkler
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