glazed lemon tea cake

waste not, want not.

it's a long standing joke in our family that i will save anything i can from being thrown away. i'll reuse anything i can, pass things on to friends and my father in laws favourite, create dishes to use food that's on its way out.

the other day, he gave me a few lemons they had leftover from peak lemon season. they were looking a bit sad… so i decided to make them into something that would make me happy. i seriously love anything lemon flavoured! my friend google came up with an excellent recipe from taste.com.au, which i tried. i was very pleased with the results and will absolutely be adding that one to the recipe folder. yay for lemons!

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lemon tea cake

ingredients:

melted butter, to grease

1 1/3 cups plain flour

1 cup self-raising flour

1 1/3 cups caster sugar

150g butter, melted, cooled

3 eggs

100ml milk

1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

1 cup pure icing sugar, sifted

lemon rind, zested, to decorate

1. preheat oven to 180°c. brush pan with melted butter. sift combined flour into a bowl. stir in caster sugar. make a well in the centre. whisk the butter, eggs, milk, lemon rind and 100ml of lemon juice in a bowl until combined.

2. add the lemon mixture to the flour mixture and stir until well combined. spoon into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into cake comes out clean. turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

3. place cake on a serving platter. combine the icing sugar and remaining lemon juice in a small bowl. spoon icing over the cake and decorate with lemon rind. set aside to set.