Glazed Sourdough Lemon Cake

Waste not, want not. The yummiest ways to avoid food wastage using discarded sourdough is to bake this deliciously sweet and tender cake. 

There is no sour taste, just bright lemon flavour and plenty of sweetness and tartness from the glaze.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1½ cups plain flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• ½ cup sourdough starter, discard
• ¾ cup milk

For the glaze:

• ½ cup icing sugar
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 3 tsp lemon juice

Method:

Preheat oven to 175ºC/165ºC for fan oven.  Prepare a 2lb loaf pan with cooking spray & line the base with a baking paper.

Combine the vegetable oil, eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl and add to the sugar mixture 1/3 at a time, alternating, with the milk and the sourdough starter. Mix on low until just combined. Stir in the lemon juice and lemon zest by hand. Pour the batter into the prepared tin.

Bake for 50-60 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack. And allow to cool, about 15 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine the icing sugar and lemon juice for the glaze. Pour over the still warm cake. After the glaze has soaked in and hardened, remove cake from pan and allow to finish cooling on wire rack. Slice and serve once cool.