Lemon Cake

Ingredients

4 eggs

1 ¼ cups sugar

¾ cup oil

2 ¼ cups flour      

1 tbsp. baking powder

2 ½ lemons

1 cup powdered sugar

¼ cup orange juice

Method

Preheat oven to 400 F. Remove zest from one lemon and squeeze juice from all of the lemons.

Beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add oil, ¼ of the lemon and orange juice. Stir in half of the lemon zest, flour mixed with baking powder.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in bottom rack of the oven for 50 minutes.  Let it cool.

Sift powdered sugar and stir in lemon juice drop by drop to make a smooth glaze. Spread onto cake, sprinkle with remaining lemon zest and let the glaze dry.