Lemon chocolate cake

Ingredients

10

Steps

6

Serves

8

Cook Time

65-70 Min

Ingredients

  • 100g/4oz butter
  • 225g/8oz soft brown sugar
  • grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 eggs
  • 75g/3oz plain chocolate, grated
  • 300g/11oz self-raising flour, sifted
  • pinch of salt
  • 100g/4oz sour cream

For the topping

  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 5. Grease a 23 x 13cm/ 9 x 5in loaf tin.
  • Cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest together. Add the eggs and beat well. Mix in the chocolate. Sift the flour and salt together, and add to the mixture alternately with the sour cream. Beat well.
  • Pour the mixture into the loaf tin, and sprinkle with the icing sugar and lemon zest. Bake for 50–60 minutes until cooked. Cool on a wire rack.
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