Object Recipes : Glass Lemon Squeezer
Title of object: Glass Lemon Squeezer (“Citron-presser I glas” in Danish)
Reason for choice: “It is a simple, functional and intuitive object which has always lived on the blue tiled windowsill in my parents kitchen. I love how the design catches the pips.”
Designer of object: *unknown for the time being*
Recipe: Lemon Cake
Ingredients:
230g unsalted butter
230g caster sugar
4 eggs
230g plain flour
3tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
Zest of 2 lemons, finely grated
Juice of 2 lemons (for the syrup)
75g caster sugar (for the syrup)
Zest of 1/2 lemon (for decoration)
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
Whisk the butter and the sugar together until it is pale yellow colour and creamy.
Then add in the eggs, one at a time, whisking them into the mix.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Then sift the flour mix into the butter, sugar and eggs and whisk again.
Add the grated lemon zest and whisk for a final time until well mixed.
Butter a tin (average size of 10 x 20cm) - I’ve used a bundt tin here - and line with baking paper.
Put the mix into the tin and make sure the top is level.
Bake for 45 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
While the cake is baking, gently heat the lemon juice and caster sugar for the syrup together until the sugar has dissolved. Do not let it boil.
Take the cake out of the oven and using a fork, make small holes across the cake surface.
Pour the syrup over the cake and leave to cool a little before serving.
Object and recipe contributed by: Mikala McCormick @mikalaskitchen is a chef who aims to bring a personal approach to catering by communicating warmth, health and happiness, whether it is a canapé event for one-hundred people, or a meal prepared for a family at home. Mikala wants to make healthy food accessible, enjoyable and sociable and loves inspiring others to enjoy the cooking process, taking in the smells, textures and colours.
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