Lemon And Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup Unsalted butter / 2 sticks / 227 gms (softened)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 3 Eggs (at room temp)
• 2 tbsp Lemon zest
• 1/4 cup Lemon juice
• 1 cup Plain flour / maida
• 1 cup Almond flour (refer notes to see how to make it at home)
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 cup Almonds slices or slivers
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven at 180 C, 10 mins before baking. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. 2

   Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Beat after each addition.

3. 3

   Mix in the lemon juice and zest.

4. 4

   Mix flours, baking powder and salt.

5. 5

   Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients.

6. 6

   Pour into a greased 9 inch baking pan and sprinkle on the almonds before baking in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the top is lightly golden brown and a toothpick pushed into the centre comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

7. 7

   For the lemon syrup:Simmer the sugar and lemon juice until the sugar has dissolved. Let the cake cool for 20 minutes, puncture it all over the top with a thin knife and pour the lemon syrup over the cake and let it soak in before serving warm.