Lemon Lime Tea Cake

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp light margarine spread (100g)
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• ½ cup low fat natural yoghurt
• 2 cups plain flour, sifted with baking powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarb soda
• ¼ cup hot milk
• 1 lemon freshly squeezed
• 1 lime freshly squeezed
• 1 lemon rind grated
• 1 lime rind grated

Method

1. 1Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
2. 2Lightly spray a cake log pan with oil, and line with baking paper.
3. 3With a mixer, place light spread and sugar and mix well for around 5 mins.
4. 4Whilst still beating, add Vanilla Essence
5. 5Still beating add eggs, one at a time, don’t worry if it looks curdled.
6. 6Stop mixing and add both rinds, juices and yoghurt, and continue to mix on low speed.
7. 7Heat milk (in a large cup) in microwave for 30 sec so it is hot and add the baking(bi-carb) soda, it will foam.
8. 8Stop mixture and add milk with a wooden spoon.
9. 9Sift in flour and baking powder together into the mixture, not all at once, in thirds.
10. 10Turn into a greased and lined 20 cm round cake tin
11. 11Bake at 180°C approx. 40 mins, testing with a skewer in centre that no mixture sticks to skewer. A little longer might be needed, depending on oven.
12. 12Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack
13. 13This cake doesn’t need any icing, it is great served on its own or with a light dusting of icing sugar.