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BEAUT BUTTERCAKES

Buttercake with Lemon Icing

Serves 8, Prep and Cook: 1 hour, 15 mins

2 00g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature
¾ cup caster sugar
2 tsps vanilla extract
3 eggs
1¾ cups self-raising flour
¼ cup milk

CANDIED LEMON RIND

2 lemons
¹/ ³ cup caster sugar, plus
2 tblsps extra

LEMON ICING

1½ cups icing sugar mixture
1½ tblsps lemon juice

Grease a 20cm round cake pan. Line base and side with baking paper, extending paper

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