The Best Damn Lemon Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 ounce lemon extract
• 2 large lemons, zest of
• 1/3 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 adjust rack to bottom 1/3 of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter a loaf pan with a 6 cup capacity and dust with cookie of plain bread crumbs.
• 3 sift together flourand baking powder.
• 4 melt butter.
• 5 in a mixing bowl combine butter and sugar.
• 6 add eggs one at a time on low speed.
• 7 then add sifted dry ingredients and milk alternately.
• 8 mix in lemon extract.
• 9 fold in almonds and lemon zest.
• 10 pour into prepared pan.
• 11 bake for 65-75 minutes.
• 12 two or three minutes before the cake is done, prepare the glaze.
• 13 heat juice and sugar until the sugar is melted, but do not boil.
• 14 remove the cake from the oven and cool for three minutes.
• 15 then glaze the cake in the pan by brushing the hot liquid over the cake, letting it soak in slowly- this should take about five minutes.
• 16 cool and turn cake out onto a rack.
• 17 store wrapped in wax paper and aluminum foil.
• 18 best served after a few days.