Vegan Lemon Cake

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Vegan Lemon Cake

Serves: 12

Difficulty level: Easy

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins  
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Vegan lemon cake

Nutrition Per Recipe                                        kcal/g/mg

Energy 221
Protein 2.4 g
Fat Total 8.6 g
Saturated 1.3 g
Carbohydrates 33.2 g
Sugars 15.9 g
Dietary fibre 1 g
Sodium 321.2 mg
Vitamin C 5.1 mg
Calcium 104.8 mg
Iron 1.2 mg
INGREDIENTS

 

100ml of vegetable oil
275g (2 ¼ cups) self-raising flour
½ cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 lemon zested & ½ juiced
170ml of water

Icing (Optional)
150g (2/3 cup) icing sugar
½ lemon juiced

 

DIRECTIONS

 

1. Heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 180 in a fan oven. Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
2. In a large bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder and lemon zest.
3. Add the oil, lemon juice and 170ml of cold water and mix until smooth.
4. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. For the icing, sieve the icing sugar into a bowl. Add just enough lemon juice to make a thick, spreadable icing. Ice the cake. Serve.

 

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