Lemon Cake with Lemon Grass!

Saw this recipe doing rounds on the net.But I thought of adding in a twist using Lemon Grass and believe me the taste was fantastic! The freshness and flavor of the lemon grass is just beautiful
Thanx to Neela Awasthi for this recipe.

 Ingredients:
1 stalk of lemon grass (just the lower soft part)
3 eggs at room temp.
1 cup castor sugar
2 tbsp soft butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice.
½ cup olive oil

Sieve and keep this ready:
1 ½ cup flour
½ tsp baking powder and ½ tsp soda.
½ tsp salt


Chop the lemon grass stalk and Grind it with the castor sugar. Beat the butter,oil and sugar  till soft.Now add in the lemon juice, vanilla essence and eggs one by one till well blended.Now add in the flour mixture and cut and fold it in well . Pour into a loaf mould and bake for 45 min at 175 deg. Cool on a wire rack and dust with powdered sugar once cooled and then slice.