Ann's Lemon Sponge | Good Food

Ingredients

For the Cake

85g self raising flour
85g caster sugar
3 eggs
40g soft spread e.g. Olivio, Beroli
40g butter - use a spreadable one like Lurpak Spreadable
zest of one lemon

For the filling

85 icing sugar
40 butter
2 tbsp lemon juice

Method

STEP 1
Cream the fats and sugar until light & fluffy (at least 3 mins)
STEP 2
Add eggs one at a time, continuing to whisk
STEP 3
Sieve in flour and fold in the mixture
STEP 4
Add lemon zest, and fold in
STEP 5
Bake for 25 minutes at 180C (fan) in 8in (20cm) tins
STEP 6
Remove from tins and allowed to cool
STEP 7
Make butter cream - cream butter until soft
STEP 8
Gradually sift & beat in icing sugar
STEP 9
Add 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
STEP 10
Make sandwich with butter cream