Gateau au Citron, ala Joy of Baking

The purest pleasure is one that is simple and without pretension. 

Gateau au Citron, with thanks to Joy of Baking

Ingredients:

* 1 cup (200 gr)  sugar

* 230 gr butter, room temperature

* 4 eggs

* lemon zest of a large lemon

* 1 tsp vanilla

* 2 C all purp. flour (T55)

* 2 tsp baking powder

* 1/4 tsp salt

* 1/4 C lemon juice

* 1 C icing sugar ~ I ran out of icing sugar and tried to made my own by grinding white sugar. Failed!!

* 2 tbsp lemon juice

How to:

* [Preparing the cake] Preheat oven to 175C. Butter a 9-inch round pan (I used a 10-inch) and line the bottom with parchment paper.

* In a bowl, whisk butter and sugar until the mixture turns pale. Add in the egg one by one, whisk well before adding the next egg. Add in the vanilla & the lemon zest.

* In a separate bowl, sift in the flour, baking powder, salt.

* Add in the dry ingredients into the wet mixture along with lemon juice. Mix only until it's incorporated.

* Bake for 30 mins or so, until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and let it cool down.

* [Preparing the icing] mix all ingredients until it turns a smooth paste. Add in more lemon juice or water to your desired thickness.