- 2/3cup soft butter or margarine
- 1cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1tsp grated lemon rind
- 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2cups sifted cake flour
- 1/2tsp baking powder
- 1/2tsp salt
Heat oven to 300F (150C).grease a 9-x5-x3
inch (23-x12.5x7.5-cm)loaf pan.
Cream butter or margarine until fluffy.Add sugar
gradually and beat well after each addition.
Continue beating until mixture is fully.Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in lemon rind and lemon juice.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and
stir into first mixture, stirring only until blended.
Spoon into prepared pan and bake about 1 hour
and 15 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the
center of the cake comes out clean. Turn out and
cool on rack.
