Gluten Free Lemon Slices

This is a very refreshing Summer Cake, especially if you like lemons...and Gluten Free! 

Ingredients for Cake: 

• 350g Butter
• 350g Sugar
• 350g Rice Flour or Gluten Free Flour
• 6 Eggs
• 1 Lemon, juice only
• 2 Lemon, grated rind
• 1 tsp Vanilla Sugar or a few drops of Vanilla Flavour
• 3 tsp Gluten Free Baking Powder
•  (TO MAKE YOUR OWN GLUTEN FREE BAKING POWDER mix
•  1/3 cup Baking Soda
•  2/3 cups Arrow Root or Potato Starch
•  2/3 cups Cream of Tartar - keep in an airtight container for future use)

Ingredients for basic Icing: 

• 300g Icing Sugar
• 1 Lemon, juice only

Method

Preheat oven to 150-175°C (depending on oven).

Lightly oil an oven tray and cover with baking paper. Use a smaller tray, than the size of your oven, that way the cake is a little bit higher – or use more ingredients, just try it out.

Base: 

1. Combine the soft Butter with the Sugar and Vanilla Sugar/Flavour and mix until creamy. 
2. Add the eggs slowly one by one into the mixture, keep mixing. 
3. Mix the Flour with the Baking Powder. 
4. Grate the Lemon and add Flour and Lemon to the Butter mixture, one spoon at a time.
5. Pour onto tray and bake for 20-30min. 

 Icing:

• Mix the Icing Sugar with the Lemon Juice. 
• Take cake out of oven, when ready and pour Lemon Icing over warm cake. This Icing will soak into the cake, keeping it nice and juicy. 
• Let it cool down and cut into slices.

I made this cake once with rice flour and although the texture wasn't as smooth as with ordinary flour, it was still very tasty!