SERVES 4 4 ripe bananas, peeled and sliced into thin rounds 4 tablespoons finely chopped…
Lemon slice
This moist sweet slice can be munched straight out of the cake tin or served more elegantly with a side of cream or yoghurt.
Base:
- 225gm butter – softened
- 70gm icing sugar
- 275gm flour
Place butter in a cake mixer bowl, whip until white
Add icing sugar and whip again till light and fluffy
Add flour and mix till it comes away from the sides a little
Line a swiss roll tin with baking paper
Press the base dough evenly into the tin
Bake at 180C for 15 minutes until the dough starts to colour slightly
Topping:
- 400gm sugar
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 6 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 150ml lemon juice
- 2 lemons, zested or grated rind only
Place sugar and eggs in cake mixer bowl, mix on low speed for 1 minute
Add flour and baking powder, mix gently. Add lemon juice and zest or rind, mix again. Leave to stand for 10 mins then pour on to the pre-cooked base
Turn oven down to 160C and cook topping for 35 mins. It should be firm to touch. Cool
Sprinkle with icing sugar to serve