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Layered loaf cake for afternoon tea

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 115 g butter, room temperature
  • 150 g sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 170 g flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 120 ml milk
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 ½ tbsp lemon(s) – zest, grated
  • 70 g jam (raspberry)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Preheat the oven to 160°C. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt and add to the butter mixture alternately with the milk. Beat everything well and beat in the lemon juice and zest. Grease and flour a 23x13x8 cm loaf tin. Pour in half of the cake mixture, carefully spread the jam evenly over it, and gently spread the rest of the cake mixture on top and spread it evenly. Bake for 50 minutes (test before use); let cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely before attempting to cut it.

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Written by John Myers

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