Lemon Cake

4 oz butter
1 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

rind & juice of 1 lemon
extra 1/4 cup of sugar


Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour and milk alternately. Mix in finely chopped nuts and lemon rind.

Pour into greased, lined 9" by 5" loaf tin. Bake in moderate oven about 65 minutes.

Mix lemon juice with caster sugar over gentle heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.

When cake is cooked and still hot, pour lemon juice mixture over. Leave cake to cool in tin.