Mums Favourite (Lemon Cake)

Needing a birthday cake for my Russian cast and not wanting to make another cheesecake just yet...
I recently managed to get my mum to email me a couple of cake recipes from my recipe book I left in NZ as there are a ridiculous amount of birthdays in the casts this month.
Although people keep requesting cheesecakes, I don't want to keep making them when I know I have recipes like this one.
It's a killer summer dessert not really birthday cake material since it shouldn't really be iced.
It's a crowd pleaser, seriously zesty and sticky.
To be eaten hot and with yogurt is best.

 LEMON CAKE  

SCRIPT:
3 lemons zest and juice
125g butter
1C Castor sugar
3 eggs
150g sour cream or plain yogurt 
1C sifted flour
1t soda
¼ C white sugar  

METHOD:
Preheat oven to 180c
Cream 1C sugar and butter,  beat in egg and add lemon rind to mixture,  stir in sour cream  (reserve  lemon juice for the syrup later)  
Fold in flour and soda.
Place in small cake tin or tin with hole in the middle  and bake 30-40 minutes in oven @180c or until cooked.
Prepare syrup by boiling 1/4C sugar and lemon juice until sugar is dissolved.  Pour over hot cooked cake.   When cold turn out and dust with icing sugar and serve with whipped cream or plain yogurt.