PREPARATION:
COOKING TIME:
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INGREDIENTS:
- 250g flour 00
- 250g sugar
- 250g butter room temperature
- 250g eggs about 5 eggs, you have to weigh them
- The zest of 3 lemons
- Juice of 2 lemons
- Icing sugar
- 1 envelope cake yeast or 1 tablespoon of baking powder and 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
PREPARATION:
- Preheat the oven to 360F
- In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sugar until the mixture is creamy
- Add the butter and continue to beat the mixture, it should be crumbly.
- Add the lemon zest and juice while continuing to beat
- At low speed, add the flour and cake yeast and mix well
- Butter a 25 cm cake pan
- Pour the mixture into the mold and cook for 45-50 minutes
- Check with the cake thermometer (a must have)
- Once the cake has cooled, sprinkle with icing sugar
Enjoy!
You can substitute lemons for oranges (the zest of 2 oranges and the juice of one orange)
Grate only the yellow part of the lemon, the white part of the rind turns out to be more bitter.
