Gluten-free
lemon cake
The best lemon cake you will ever eat
Ingredients
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1 cup of caster sugar
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3/4 cup butter
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3 eggs (room temperature)
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1 cup of ground almonds
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1/2 cup of gluten-free flour (can replace this with more ground almonds)
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2 cups of mashed boiled potato (cold)
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zest of 2 lemons
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6 tablespoons of lemon juice
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2 teaspoons of baking powder
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1 teaspoon of baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
For the drizzle:
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2 lemons juiced
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4 tablespoons of caster sugar
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 160’C
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Prep a cake tin with butter
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Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy
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Add the eggs one by one and continue beating
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Now add the vanilla essence and lemon juice and mix with a spatula
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Add all the other ingredients and mix it together gently
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Fill the cake tin
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Bake for 35-45 minutes according to your oven's instructions
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Check at about 25 minutes and cover the tin with foil if required
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Combine the drizzle ingredients and pour it over the cake once it has cooled completely