Crispy lemon cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
6ouncesUnsweetened applesauce
6ouncesSelf-rising flour; (1 1/4 cup)
1cupGranulated brown sugar; (demerara sugar)
2Eggs
1Lemon; juiced
4ouncesGranulated sugar; white
1Lemon rind; grated; optional

Directions

FROSTING

Warm apple sauce, then beat in brown sugar (you may not need as much as 6oz). Add sifted flour, then wellbeaten eggs. Pour into a shallow greased and floured tin (about 7 in x 11 in) and bake near the bottom of a merdate oven (350 F, Mark 4) for 20-30 min. Meanwhile mix white sugar and lemon juice and pour over the tope of the cooked cake while still hot and in the tin. Leave to cool, then cut into fingers.

Recipe by: Annabel Smyth

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #804 by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Sep 24, 1997