Lissanure lemon tea cake shown sliced on a chopping board with creamed white butter
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Lissanoure (Lemon Tea-cake)

Lissanoure (Lemon Tea-cake) is a traditional Northern Irish recipe for a classic lemon tea cake made from an egg and flour batter that dates to the start of the 20th century. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Northern Irish version of: Lemon Tea-cake (Lissanoure).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

25 minutes

Total Time:

45 minutes

Serves:

8

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Baking RecipesCake RecipesBritish Recipes

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This is a classic lemon-flavoured tea-cake named after Lissanoure castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland (it's a traditional recipe from a nearby country house). It should be eaten hot and slathered in butter.

Ingredients:

2 eggs, separated
butter, weight equivalent to the eggs
caster sugar, weight equivalent to the eggs
self-raising flour, weight equivalent to the eggs
juice of 1 lemon
freshly-grated zest of 1 lemon

Method:



Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy then add the egg yolk, lemon zest, lemon juice and 2 tbsp of the flour (to prevent curdling). Beat until thoroughly combined then add the egg whites to a clean and dry bowl and beat until firm and frothy before folding into the egg yolk and butter mixture, along with the remaining flour.

Turn immediately into a shallow greased and floured tin and transfer to an oven pre-heated to 175°C. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through (a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake will emerge cleanly).

Turn out of the tin, split whilst still hot and butter lavishly before serving.