Name: Spicy sour cream cake with lemon icing
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Ingredients: 125 gram butter; 1 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 3 eggs; 1 1/4 cup self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/4 cup finely chopped mixed peel; Lemon icing; 1 1/2 cup icing sugar; 1 teaspoon soft butter; 200 gram carton sour cream; 1 tablespoon lemon juice, approximately

Ingredients

125 gram butter

1 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

3 eggs

1 1/4 cup self-raising flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 cup finely chopped mixed peel

Lemon icing

1 1/2 cup icing sugar

1 teaspoon soft butter

200 gram carton sour cream

1 tablespoon lemon juice, approximately

Method

1.Preheat oven to 160&degC. Grease a 23cm square slab pan, line base with paper; grease paper.

2.Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined. Transfer mixture to large bowl, fold in sifted dry ingredients, peel and sour cream, stir until mixture is smooth.

3.Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake about 1¼ hours. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.

4.To make lemon icing, sift icing sugar into small heatproof bowl, stir in butter and enough lemon juice to make a stiff paste. Stir over hot water until icing is spreadable.

5.Top cold cake with icing, sprinkle cake with cinnamon.

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