luscious lemon cake

i love lemon cake... and this one is for a perfectly moist spongy cake that's imbued with lemon icing. perfectly delicious with a cup of tea - feed it to your guests and they will love you forever ;)

Plus - it's an incredibly easy recipe to make!

here's what you need:

4oz self-raising flour

1tsp baking powder

4oz softened butter

4oz caster sugar

2 large eggs

grated zest of 1 lemon

juice of 1 lemon

for icing:

2oz icing sugar

2tsps water

1tsp lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C/Gas Mark 3. Grease a loaf tin.

Sift flour and baking powder, then add all the other ingredients and mix well. Spoon into loaf tin.

Bake for twenty minutes. This isn't quite long enough - the cake should be yellow, not brown. But not damp inside. As as soon as you take the cake out of the oven. Allow to cool and then enjoy :)