Name: Lemon sour cream cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 125 gram softened butter; 1 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 1 cup sifted self-raising flour; 1/2 cup sour cream; icing sugar, to dust; thick cream, to serve

Lemon sour cream cake

With the sour cream adding a beautiful denseness, and the lemon icing adding a divine zestiness, this simple lemon sour cream cake is packed with indulgent flavours.

Makes 1 Item

Prep

20M

Cook

40M

Total

Ingredients

125 gram softened butter

1 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

1 lemon, zest and juice

1 cup sifted self-raising flour

1/2 cup sour cream

icing sugar, to dust

thick cream, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160°C. Lightly grease and line a 20cm square cake pan with baking paper.

2.In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in zest.

3.Fold in flour alternately with combined sour cream and lemon juice. Pour into pan. Bake 35-40 minutes, until cooked when tested.

4.Cool in pan 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar and serve cut in squares, with thick cream.