Recipe: Delicious Lemon Cake and Custard

Lemon Cake and Custard.

You can have Lemon Cake and Custard using 13 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Lemon Cake and Custard

1. You need 2 cups of flour (260 gm).
2. Prepare 1 cup of castor sugar (200 gm).
3. You need 1 cup of unsalted butter (230 gm).
4. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. You need of zest of 1 large lemon.
7. Prepare 1/4 cup (60 ml) of fresh lemon juice.
8. You need 2 tsp of baking powder.
9. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
10. It's of For the Custard.
11. It's 500 ml of milk.
12. It's 1 tbls of sugar.
13. Prepare 2 tbls of custard powder.

Lemon Cake and Custard step by step

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit or 180 degrees centigrade.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in vanilla extract.
4. Add eggs one at a time.
5. Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Add sifted flour into the batter alternating with lemon zest and lemon juice.
7. Mix well.
8. Pour batter in prepared tin.
9. Bake for 40-50 mins or until skewer comes out clean.
10. For the custard.
11. Pour milk into saucepan and add one tablespoon of sugar and bring to the boil..
12. Put 2 tbls of custard powder in a cup and add some water. Stir until you get a smooth paste. No lumps..
13. When the milk starts boiling pour the custard paste into the boiling milk. Stir until the mixture thickens..
14. Remove from the fire and pour into a large cup to cool slightly..
15. Serve with cake..