Lemon & Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients:-
175g butter - at room temperature
2 lemons - finely grate the zest
175g caster sugar
3 eggs - at room temperature
1tsp vanilla essence
225g self-raising flour
1tsp baking powder
2 tsp sea salt
2 tbsp milk
2tbsp poppy seeds

How to make:
1. Preheat oven to 180'C. Grease cake tin with some butter.

2. Mix butter with sugar with electric whisk until fluffy, then add eggs, milk, vanilla essence, salt and mix well.

3. Sieve self-raising flour and baking powder to egg mixture and fold well with a spectular.

4. Add lemon zest and poppy seeds and mix well .

5. Pour mixture into cake tin and bake for 45 min. To test if the cake is ready, place a skewer inside cake and if comes out clean, then it's ready.

Option:
If you prefer a more "lemon"/ sour taste, you can finish the cake by preparing a sauce and sppon onto cake:
* juice from the 2 lemons above,
* some lemon zest
* 4tbsp sugar
-> mix the above well and spoon onto cake. Leave to cool completely. The lemon and sugar will harden to a zingy, crystallised crust.

ENJOY~