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Gluten-free 

lemon cake

The best lemon cake you will ever eat
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup of caster sugar 

  • 3/4 cup butter

  • 3 eggs (room temperature)

  • 1 cup of ground almonds

  • 1/2 cup of gluten-free flour (can replace this with more ground almonds)

  • 2 cups of mashed boiled potato (cold)

  • zest of 2 lemons

  • 6 tablespoons of lemon juice

  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda

  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence

For the drizzle:

  • 2 lemons juiced

  • 4 tablespoons of caster sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 160’C

  • Prep a cake tin with butter 

  • Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy

  • Add the eggs one by one and continue beating

  • Now add the vanilla essence and lemon juice and mix with a spatula

  • Add all the other ingredients and mix it together gently 

  • Fill the cake tin 

  • Bake for 35-45 minutes according to your oven's instructions

  • Check at about 25 minutes and cover the tin with foil if required 

  • Combine the drizzle ingredients and pour it over the cake once it has cooled completely

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