Did I panic? No (well, ok, I panicked a tiny bit). But then I remembered Julie's Aunty Ade's Lemon Cake. It was done in a flash, even with the Small Girl "helping". Actually, she's getting quite good at it, and she doesn't even want to lick the spoon. Perhaps I could start her on doing the dishes next...
Quick Lemon Cake
This needs a food processor, because "Not Quite So Quick Cake" doesn't have the same ring to it. I've never met Julie's Aunty Ade,but she's obviously a clever woman.
2 lemons
1 1/2 cups caster sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup canola oil
pinch of salt
1 cup yoghurt
3Tbsp lemon juice
2 cups self-raising flour
Preheat the oven to 180C and grease and line a 24cm cake tin (it will cook even faster in a ring tin, but a springform tin will lessen the anxiety when it comes to turning it out).
Peel the zest from the lemons with a potato peeler and put in the processor with the sugar. Whizz for about a minute, until the lemon peel is pulverised. Stop the machine and add the eggs, oil and salt. Whizz again until smooth. Add the yoghurt, lemon juice and flour and pulse until smooth.
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes then turn out of the tin. Then, either ice when cold, or serve with a dollop of Greek yoghurt. Or, wrap the tin in a teatowel, throw in the car and drive across town. Stop at supermarket for candles. Arrive, pretending to be unhurried, super-organised working mother. Then realise your friends know you better than that!
Have a sweet, sweet Friday everyone. I'm going to spend it recovering from my first experience of cooking on live TV, which you can see here. (Note to self: horizontal stripes = bad idea!)
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