Lemon Cake

I am craving for lemon flavored something today..but no..not lemonade..sometime back I made lemon butter cookies and loved the lemon flavor in it..Don't want to go back to cookies today..how about a Lemon Cake..not a bad idea..

But do I have all the ingredients..hmm..what a bummer..no lemons..yes I know..I am one of those weird people who don't keep lemons in their refrigerator..ran to the store to get some and to my delight found some really gorgeous  farmer's market type fresh lemons..feeling victorious and with that wonderful feeling lets get started ....

Ingredients: (for an 8" cake)

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 stick  butter (room temp./unsalted)

2 eggs (room temp.)

1 cup granulated sugar

2 1/2 tbsp lemon zest

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

6 tbsp butter milk

3 tbsp lemon juice

pinch salt

For lemon syrup,

3 tbsp lemon juice

1/4 cup sugar

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 deg.F and keep an 8"  loaf pan ready by greasing and flouring so the cake doesn't stick to the bottom...or else use a parchment paper ....makes cleaning easy.

In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. I did it in an electric mixer..saves you lot of time. Please remember to use room temperature butter or else you will have a hard time mixing the butter and sugar.  Now add one egg and mix thoroughly and add the next egg and lemon zest and mix.

Now for the dry ingredients, in a bowl sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. 

In another bowl, mix together butter milk, vanilla and lemon juice.

Now add dry ingredients (that is flour mix) and butter milk mixture to the egg mixture alternatively, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Transfer to the pan, level and bake for 45 min.

Now for the lemon syrup, in a saucepan add lemon juice and sugar and simmer over low heat till all the sugar dissolves.

When the cake is ready, transfer it to a cooling rack, allow to cool. Then spoon the lemon syrup over the cake and cool before you dig into it...

I made it in the night as it tastes better the next day..

You can also do a glaze to make it look decadent..since the cake is sweet enough for me I did not bother to do the glaze.

Have it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or else with whipped cream and strawberry sauce..