Alex's Lemon Cream Cheese Butter Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 250 g cream cheese or 250 g ricotta cheese
• 250 g butter
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
• 250 g caster sugar
• 3 eggs (59 gr)
• 350 g self rising flour
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice (approx)

Recipe

• 1 beat cream cheese, butter and lemon rind together until smooth,
• 2 add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in eggs one at a time,.
• 4 stir in flour in two batches,.
• 5 beat lightly ulntil smooth.
• 6 spoon into well greased 20cm ring or baba tin.
• 7 bake in moderate oven (l60c) for 30 minutes,.
• 8 reduce heat to moderatle slow (140c) and bake for a further 30 minutes.
• 9 let stand in tin 10 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack.
• 10 when cold top with lemon glaze.
• 11 lemon glaze:.
• 12 sift icing sugar into bowl,.
• 13 beat in enough lemon juice to give a less than pouring consistency.
• 14 note:.
• 15 cake will freeze well for up to 2 month.
• 16 freeze without glaze and top with glaze several hours before serving.