Easy Lemon Cake (All-In-One-Lemon-Sponge)

A delicious, moist all-in-one lemon sponge. Perfect for a teatime treat, cake sale or as a birthday or celebration cake.

📝 Ingredients

• 225 g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder (you should use a measuring teaspoon and the baking powder should be level)
• 4 medium eggs
• 225 g soft margarine or butter (if you are using butter, ensure it is soft and at room temperature)
• 225 g caster sugar
• Zest of 2 lemons
• 2 tsp milk

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat your oven to 160ºC/140ºC fan.Line your baking tins (I use 2 x 20cm round sandwich tins) with baking parchment or reusable baking liners.
2. 2Finely grate the zest of two lemons.
3. 3Sift the self-raising flour (225g) and baking powder (2 tsp) into a large bowl.
4. 4Add the remaining ingredients (4 medium eggs, 225g soft margarine or butter, 225g caster sugar, grated lemon zest and 2 tsp milk) and beat (with an electric mixer on a slow speed or by hand) until combined. Make sure that there are no small lumps of butter/margarine in your mixture. If there are, beat for a little longer until the mixture is smooth.
5. 5Split the mixture equally between the pre-prepared tins. Use the back of a spoon to spread the mixture evenly in the tins.
6. 6Bake for 30-35 minutes. To check if the cake is cooked insert a skewer into the centre and if it comes out clean the cake is ready.
7. 7Leave the cake to cool in the tins for about 10 minutes. Remove them from the tins and then move them to a wire rack to cool completely – Make sure the cake has cooled completely before decorating.