Ingredients

• 125g of butter - softened
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 cup of caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups of plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 cup of milk
• 1 tablespoon of finely grated lemon rind
• For the Lemon Icing you will need:
• 1 1/4 cups of icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1. Line a large loaf tin with baking paper and preheat your oven to 150 degrees.
2. 2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the butter, vanilla extract, caster sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, milk and lemon rind.
3. 3. Mix on a low speed until all the ingredients have combined and then increase to a medium/high speed and mix until the mixture is smooth.
4. 4. Pour the mixture into your prepared cake tin and place in the oven to bake for 50 minutes or until the cake is cooked through when tested with a skewer.
5. 5. Carefully remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. 6. Once cool, prepare the lemon icing by sifting the icing sugar into a bowl and adding the  lemon juice.  Mix the ingredient together until they are smooth.
7. 7. Use a spatula or a butter knife to then spread the icing over the cake.
8. Thermomix Instructions
9. 1.  Line a large loaf tin with baking paper and preheat your oven to 150 degrees.
10. 2. Place the softened butter into your Thermomix bowl and mix 2 minutes on speed 3 until it is pale and creamy.
11. 3. Once the butter is pale and creamy, with your Thermomix still running on speed 3, add the eggs one at a time and mix for 20 seconds.
12. 4. Add the remainder of your ingredients and mix for 1 minute on speed 6 or until your mixture is smooth.
13. 5. Pour the mixture into your prepared cake tin and place in the oven to bake for 50 minutes or until the cake is cooked through when tested with a skewer.
14. 6. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes before carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
15. 7. Once cool, prepare the lemon icing by sifting 1 1/4 cups of icing sugar into a bowl and adding 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.  Mix the ingredient together until they are smooth.
16. 8. Use a spatula or a butter knife to then spread the icing over the cake.