LEMON CAKE
Ingredients
30g butter
250g caster sugar
8 eggs, separated
pinch of salt
100g plain flour
Finely grated zest two lemons
1dsp icing sugar
Oven: 220C - at home cook at lower temp
Serves: Icing sugar tends to burn.
Source: French Leave, John Burton Race
Method
Grease a 20cm cake tin - use springform/flexible - with softened butter, sprinkle with a little caster sugar.
Beat the egg whites and salt to soft peaks, then whisk in sugar to make a meringue mix.
Whisk egg yolks in a separate bowl, then very carefully stir into meringue mix.
Fold in flour and lemon zest - whisk 15 secs.
Spoon into prepared tin, dust top with a little double sifted icing sugar. This might burn in oven
Bake 20 mins
Cake will shrink as it cools
Dust with more icing sugar.