Thursday 25 April 2024

LEMON SOUR CREAM CAKE

Ingredients ........250 gm of softened butter/ marg, 1 tbs of finely grated lemon rind , 440gm of castor sugar ,6 eggs , 180 gm of sour cream ,300gm of plain flour , 35gm of self raising flour ,80 gm of pine nuts ,1 tbs of demerara sugar and 90gm / 1/4 cup of warmed honey . You will need 23cm / 9" square pan . Grease the pan and line it with baking paper , extending the baking paper 2" over the sides. Preheat your oven to 160 deg C . Beat the butter/ marg ,lemon rind and castor sugar in the bowl of your electric mixer until light and fluffy . In a separate bowl beat together the eggs and stir in the sour cream , the flour mixture and add to the mixing bowl with the butter mix and mix to incorporate . Spread the mixture into the prepared pan and place in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes . Combine the nuts and sugar in a small bowl . Now remove the cake from the oven and sprinkle over the nut and sugar mixture , pressing down gently . Bake for a further 45 minutes . Remove the cake from the oven when a skewer inserted comes out clean . Stand cake in the pan for 5 minutes before turning top side up onto a wire rack . Warm the honey and drizzle evenly over the hot cake . Let cool before serving with Mascarpone .

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