Lemon Slices / Lemon Cake

This is one of my favourites, because it's juicy, even 2 days after making it-if there's still some left then! Even though it's nice and refreshing, it's not only for summer, but for any occasion. 
I love using this recipe for various cakes as a base. I made my nieces Christening Cake with this recipe and it was a great success. On another occasion I used a tray and instead of cutting the cake into slices, I cut out Olaf the snowman from Frozen, and decorated it with fondant Icing. 
If you use a round tin,  you might have to watch your baking times and leave it in longer - but make sure it doesn't burn. 

I love this cake as it is very versatile and Kids love eating it too. 

Ingredients for Cake:

• 350g Butter
• 350g Sugar
• 350g Plain or Cream Flour
• 6 Eggs
• 1 Lemon, juice only
• 2 Lemon, grated rind
• 1 tsp Vanilla Sugar or a few drops of Vanilla Flavour
• 3 tsp Baking Powder

Ingredients for simple 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:

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

Tip: 
if you want to decorate the cake, i.e. for birthday parties, cover with another layer of icing, once the cake has cooled down. 
Decorate with sprinkles etc. or decorate it with another layer of lemon butter icing, like I did for the Christening Cake.