Lemon Cake

Ingredients

Plain flour – 2 ¼ cups
Baking powder –3 tspn
Salt – 1 tspn
Eggs – 5
Sugar – 1 ½ cups
Cooking oil – ½ cup
Water ¾ cup
Vanilla essence – 2 teasp

Method

Beat egg yolk with sugar, oil & water till fluffy. Sift flour with baking powder & salt. Add this to the egg mixture. Beat up egg whites till stiff. Fold in the flour. Add essence & bake in a preheated oven for 45 – 50 mins.

When the cake is done, prick all over. Extract juice of 2 limes. Boil 5 tablesp. sugar with ¼ cup water. Pour this syrup over cake.