





I adore a sweet bite in the afternoon with my cup of tea, not that I indulge in these types of things every day, of course - wink wink! I found these delightful and tart mini-cakes in a magazine (can't remember which one now!) a few years ago and kept it in my recipe file - it's full of flour and butter splatters, as every recipe that has been loved and made multiple times should be!
These cakes are great for picnics and tea parties, and each bite bursts in your mouth with lemony tartness. The cream cheese makes for a rich and dense texture, but with such a smooth bitey-ness. And yes, bitey-ness is a word.

Lemon Tea cakes
Makes 28
Note: when I make my icing I like substituting the milk and the lemon extract for all real lemon juice and freshly grated lemon zest.
1-1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
250g cream cheese, softened
2-1/4 cups caster sugar
5 eggs
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons lemon extract
1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
2-1/2 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Glaze:
2-1/2 cups pure icing sugar (not icing mixture!)
1/3 cup milk
1-3/4 teaspoons lemon extract
Heat oven to 160 degrees C. Coat three 12-cup small muffin pans (not mini-muffin size, just patty cake is fine) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
With mixer on medium speed, beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in bowl until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Mix in lemon juice, extract and lemon peel. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Fill each muffin cup with about 1/3 cup of batter for a total of 28. Bake at 160 degrees C for 23 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans to wire rack and cool completely.

Glaze: In medium-size bowl, blend icing sugar, milk and lemon extract until smooth. Dip top of each cake in glaze; place on baking paper or cake rack to dry. Enjoy!
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Women’s Weekly profiterole recipe? Is god-awfully useless. Use Masterchef's instead.
Swine flu - should I take Nurofen? From now on, all my posts will be inspired by Google Trends - stay tuned for upcoming musings on Hot Football Scandal Sexcapades and Recessionista Financially-Savvy Chic Bargain Fashion.
Profiterole cupcakes. Holy crap, that’s an awesome idea! And a good solution to the problem of profiterole-transport (since they tend to melt and stick together).
¿Como hacer un porta cupcakes? ¿Necesito realmente publicar una receta del cupcake, no?
Competition Cupcakes? What the? How do you get competition-themed cupcakes? Ahhh. I see what you people are doing... you just want to win cupcakes. Makes sense really.
Well, although I have no cupcakes to give away presently (but there'll be some AWESOME coffee & caramel bars coming up, so keep you eyes peeled), I do have some 2 for 1 movie tickets to give away at some point in the next week. The movie release date is the 25th March, so between now and then, I'd better blog about the movie and give away the passes. Please someone, remind me!
I'm sure I'll remember on the 26th March.
From designer Tristan Zimmermann of Science and Sons, this is one cool gadget, and would make such an awesome conversation piece!

I'd love to listen to some rag-time jazz or a fantastic old radio serial show on it! Maybe even dance the Charleston!


