What a day

Today I decided it was time to get the boys some shoes, they keep losing one so they have mismatched pairs and being boys they would rather go barefoot but Dylan keeps having the unfortunate experience of always standing on prickles.

Got both these shoes for $10, just excuse the mess.

Ended the day by baking (yes in this heat) a Lemon Sour Cream Cake.  Recipe in the Edmonds cookbook, for those not in New Zealand or who don't have an Edmonds Cookbook here is the recipe.

LEMON SOUR CREAM CAKE

125 g butter. softened
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup sour cream (that is half a cup)

Beat butter, lemon rind, sugar and eggs together until light and fluffy.  Sift flour and baking powder together.  Fold sifted ingredients into egg mixture alternately with sour cream, mixing until smooth.  Pour into a round cake tin and bake at 160 C for 45 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

Now they say to dust with icing sugar when cold but I prefer to make a vanilla or lemon flavoured icing and ice it properly.

Taking the cake for the picnic after church tomorrow so hope it tastes as good as I remember.