Preheat and prepare the pan

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
• Grease and line a loaf pan.

Mix the dry ingredients

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

Cream butter and sugar

• Beat the softened butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Add the lemon zest and lemon juice.

Make the batter

• Fold the dry ingredients into the butter mixture alternately with the milk until smooth.

Bake the cake

• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and smooth the top.
• Bake until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pan, then turn out onto a rack.

Glaze and serve

• Mix the powdered sugar with a little lemon juice to a pourable glaze.
• Drizzle over the cooled cake and let set.