for 16 pieces

Cake mixture

200 g	butter, soft
220 g	sugar
4	eggs
4	organic lemons
3 tbsp	thyme, finely chopped
3 tbsp	milk
250 g	white flour
1 tsp	baking powder
¼ tsp	salt

Icing

100 g	icing sugar
1 tsp	thyme, very finely chopped

How it's done

Cake mixture

Place the butter and sugar in a bowl, mix using the whisk attachment on a mixer. Add the eggs and continue to beat until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Mix in the lemon zest, thyme and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt, mix in. Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin.

To bake

Approx. 1 hr. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove the cake from the oven, allow to cool slightly, prick firmly with a wooden skewer.

Icing

Mix the reserved lemon juice (approx. 250 ml) with the icing sugar and thyme. Pour the icing over the warm cake. Remove the cake from the tin and place on a rack to cool.

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