Sand Cake

A Sand Cake is a very old-fashioned cake. It is a fine-textured cake, like a cross between a light sponge cake and a heavy butter cake.

Ingredients:

• 110gm butter
• 110gm sugar
• 2 eggs
• 110gm arrowroot or cornflour
• 2 tbsp self-raising flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Icing:

• 60gm butter
• 2 lemons, rind finely grated
• 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Steps:

1. Beat all the ingredients except the baking powder on medium speed for 10 minutes.
2. Add baking powder.
3. Cook in a well-greased 17cm ring tin for 30 minutes at 180C.
4. When cold, ice with lemon icing.
5. To make the icing, place the butter and lemon rind in a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon until well-combined. Gradually add the lemon juice and icing sugar, mixing until well-combined. Spread over the top of the cold cake.