Lemon cake
4 people
20 min
4 people
20 min
Ingredients
For 4 people
- 200g Ferrero fine couscous
- 60g ground almonds
- 100g brown sugar
- 1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder
- 4 eggs
- 90g melted butter
- 100ml semi-skimmed milk
- 2 organic lemons
- 40g caster sugar
Method
- reheat the oven to 180°C.
- In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients: couscous, ground almonds, brown sugar and baking powder.
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the melted butter, milk, juice of 1 lemon and the zest of 2 lemons.
- Pour over the dry ingredients and mix carefully.
- Pour into a greased cake tin and bake for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the remaining lemon juice with the caster sugar and 4 tablespoons of water in a bowl.
- Heat in the microwave (maximum power) for 3 minutes.
- Turn the cake out onto a wire rack and prick gently with a fork; use a pastry brush to brush lemon syrup over the top and down the sides, leave to soak in and serve in slices.
