Lemon cake with lemon frosting

Ingredients:
Powdered white sugar- 1 cup or 200 gms,
Salted butter - 1 cup or 230 gms( room temperature),
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp,
Eggs - 4 ( room temperature ),
Lemon zest- 1tsp ( yellow outer part of 2 small lemon),
All purpose flour or maida- 260 gms,
Baking pwd- 2 tsp,
Fresh lemon juice- 60 ml ( juice of 3 small lemon ).

Lemon frosting:
Icing sugar-1 cup or 115 gms( sifted ),

Fresh lemon juice- 2 to 3 tbsp ( juice of 2 to 3 lemon).

Method:
Pre heat oven to 350 F or 180 C.
Place oven rack in the center of the oven.
Butter or spray a non stick 9 inch springform pan or a plain round 9 inch baking pan.

Grease and line the bottom of the pan with butter paper.

Sift or whisk together the flour,baking pwd  and lemon zest.

In the bowl of your mixer beat the butter for 1 minute.

Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy( 3 to 4 minutes ).

Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
Beat in the vanilla essence.

Add the eggs one at a time,mixing well after each addition ( batter will look curdled )

Add the flour mixer in three additions,alternately with the lemon juice( in two additions )

mixing until you have a smooth paste.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.smoothing the top with the back of the knife.

Bake the cake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.( do not over bake or the cake will be dry )

Place the cake on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.

Gently remove the cake from the pan and put it on wire rack.

When the cake is still warm pour the frosting over the cake.

With a knife spread the frosting evenly on top and let it drip down the sides.

Let the frosting dry before covering and storing.

The cake can be kept for several days in a air tight container.
This is a very moist,light and tangy lemony flavoured cake .The best part is the sweet lemony frosting.It goes very well with the lemon cake.

Lemon frosting:

Place the sifted sugar in a small bowl.

Add 2 tbsp of lemon juice and stir with a whisk until you have a thick and smooth glaze ( pouring consistency )
Add a few drops of lemon juice  if needed.