Ingredients
| 1 ½ cups | Sultanas (Main) |
| 1 | Orange juice |
| 1 cup | Brown sugar |
| 175 g | Butter, (softened) |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla extract |
| 2 | Eggs |
| 1 Tbsp | Golden syrup |
| 1 ¾ cups | Plain flour |
| 1 ½ tsp | Baking powder |
| ¼ tsp | Salt |
Lemon icing
| 25 g | Butter, (softened) |
| 25 g | Icing sugar |
| 2 cups | Icing sugar |
| 1 Tbsp | Lemon juice |
| 1 | Lemon, (finely grated zest) |
| 1 | Water, (hot) |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 160C. Put the sultanas into a saucepan and cover with orange juice. Simmer until the liquid has been absorbed then let cool.
- Cream the butter and sugar until pale. Beat in the vanilla then the eggs, one at a time. Beat in the golden syrup.
- Stir in the sultanas. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt, then fold in. Spoon into the lined cake tin and bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Mix the icing ingredients together and beat adding enough hot water to make a smooth icing. Spoon over the cooled cake before slicing.
