Lemon cake with chocolate butter cream icing

Ingredients

• Flour-2.5 cups
• Eggs-4
• Sugar-2 cups
• Oil-1 cup
• Milk-1 cup
• Vanilla-1 tsp
• Salt a pinch
• Baking powder-2 tsp
• Baking soda-1 tsp
• Lemon juice-1 tblspn
• Yellow food colouring-a pinch(optional)
• Chocolate Butter Cream Icing(click here for recipe)

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Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 180°C ( 350°F).Prepare 2 round tin by applying oil in the bottom and dust it with flour and coat flour on all sides..Tip out the extra flour..
  
  In a bowl add in flour,salt,baking powder,baking soda and mix well.
  
  In a mixing bowl add in eggs,sugar and vanilla and beat till fluffy.
  
  Add in lemon juice,oil,milk and mix well.
  
  Sift in the flour mixture and fold gently till combined.
  
  Add in yellow food colouring and mix well.
  
  Tip this into two tin and bake it for 25-30 min.Let it cool down and remove it from the tin..
  
  Leave it to cool completely before icing.
  
  Prepare the Chocolate Butter Cream Icing (Check recipe by clicking this)...
  
  Sandwich the cakes with a dollop of icing and cover the entire cake with the icing and decorate it as you wish..
  
  Enjoy..