Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas Grease the tin with butter and line the base with baking paper.

Step 2

Measure all the ingredients into a large bowl and beat for 2 minutes, or until well blended. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and level the top.

Step 3

Bake for 35–40 minutes, until the cake has shrunk a little from the sides of the tin and springs back when lightly touched with a fingertip in the centre of the cake.

Step 4

Meanwhile, make the glaze. Mix the sugar with the lemon juice and stir to a runny consistency.

Step 5

Leave the cake to cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then lift out, with the lining paper still attached, and place on wire rack set over a tray.

Step 6

Brush the glaze all over the surface of the warm cake and leave to set. Remove the lining paper and cut into slices to serve.