Lemon Balm Cake

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An old finnish recipe that produces a delicate, slightly crumbly cake with a lovely, mild lemon flavour. This is the original recipe - i sometimes add 1/2 ts of lemon extract and 1 ts of vanilla for deeper flavour.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 165 c.

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Grease and flour a 1 1 / 2 litre cake pan.

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Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

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Add eggs one at a time , beating well after each addition.

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Add lemon juice , stir to combine.

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In another bowl , combine all-purpose flour , potato starch and baking powder.

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Sift the flour mixture onto the butter mixture , stir to combine.

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Add chopped lemon balm , stir to combine.

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Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes , or until the cake tests done.

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Let the cake cool in the pan for a while.

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After inverting the cake , rinse the cake pan , dry it and place back on the cake.

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Allow the covered cake to cool completely.

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Ingredients

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butter, sugar, eggs, lemon, juice of, all-purpose flour, potato starch, baking powder, lemon balm