(slightly adapted from Nigella Lawson’s How To Be A Domestic Goddess)
- 240 grams softened unsalted butter
- 200 grams caster sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for sprinkling
- Grated zest and juice of one lemon
- 3 large eggs
- 300 grams all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
– Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, and then mix in the lemon zest.
– Add the eggs to the butter/sugar mixture, one at a time, with a tablespoon of flour for each.
– Gently mix in the rest of the flour, to which you have whisked in the baking powder. Add the lemon juice and mix until just combined.
– Scrape the batter into a buttered and parchment-lined loaf pan and sprinkle the 2 tablespoons sugar on top. Bake in a pre-heated 170C oven for 55 minutes – 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean.
– Remove from the oven to a wire rack and cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on the wire rack.
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