Lemon Tea Cake

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 180 C (160 C fan-forced).

2. 2

   Grease a deep, 18cm cake pan, and line it with baking paper.

3. 3

   Sift flour into a medium sized mixing bowl.

4. 4

   Add sugar and rub in the butter until the mix resembles breadcrumbs.

5. 5

   Stir in the egg till you have a soft dough.

6. 6

   Press 2/3 of this mix into your cake tin - we use the rest later.

7. 7

   Lemon filling: Combine all ingredients in a small pan, stiring over a low heat until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.

8. 8

   Strain the lemon filling onto the cake base in the pan, spreading so that it remains about 1cm from the edge.

9. 9

   Crumble the remaining dough on top, over the lemon filling.

10. 10

    Bake for 30 minutes, or until browned.

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    Cool in pan.

12. 12

    Serve sprinkled with icing sugar, or with a scoop of ice-cream.

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