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Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe

Lemon Drizzle Cake sliced
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Lemon Drizzle Cake sliced

The perfect recipe for moist lemon drizzle cake. Tested and perfected by baking five times (more by now probably!) to ensure you have the best taste and texture ever.

One feature of this cake is that the texture and flavour changes over a few days. At any stage it's delicious but some prefer the freshly baked texture whilst others, myself included, believe it improves after a day or so.

INGREDIENTS

THE CAKE MIX

170g / 6oz of soft unsalted butter (see Advice for Lemon Drizzle Cake below)

170g / 6oz caster sugar

205g / 7½oz self-raising flour

3 large eggs

3 tablespoons of full fat or semi-skimmed milk

Zest of 2 lemons (see Advice for Lemon Drizzle Cake below)

1½ teaspoons of baking powder

LEMON DRIZZLE TOPPING

130g / 4¾oz normal granulated sugar

Juice of 2 lemons

Nutrition information per portion
 
PREPARATION TIME
: 10 minutes
 
COOKING TIME: 35 minutes
 
DIFFICULTY: Easy (it really is!)
 
FREEZE: No
 
SERVINGS: 8 slices
 
EQUIPMENT: Food mixer / blender, a grater. A baking tin, we used a meat loaf tin which was 20cm (8in) by 10cm (4in) and 5cm (2in) high. Greaseproof paper to line the tin.

PREPARATION

Grate the skins of the lemons for the zest. Only grate off the yellow surface because the lower white pith will be very bitter.

The butter is best if relatively soft before mixing the pastry - 30 minutes to one hour at room temperature will do the trick.

Line the baking tin with greaseproof cooking paper. There's no need to do this to perfection, any imperfections will be hidden by the drizzle mixture.

Set the oven to 180°C / Fan 160°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.

ADVICE FOR LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

The pastry mix for this lemon drizzle cake is almost the same as a Victoria sponge so, as long as it is well mixed, should prove no problem for even the very amateur cook.

In the recipe below we suggest covering the cake very lightly with foil after it has baked for 20 minutes. The reason for this is to stop the top turning too brown and looking slightly burnt. In fact, leaving the foil off does not affect the taste at all but it does slightly improve the appearance.

The drizzle is simplicity itself to mix and the drizzle mixture tends to settle to bottom of the tin giving the sponge a delicious taste with a very moist texture lower down but less so at the top. This is a joy to eat and it keeps for several days if placed in a tin or covered over with foil.

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Add all the ingredients for the cake mix (but not the drizzle) to a food processor and mix for a couple of minutes until there are no lumps left. It is possible to do this with your hands and a fork but it will take much longer.

Pour the mixture into the lined baking tin and smooth the top with a fork. Place in the middle of the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes.

Lemon Drizzle Cake mixture
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Lemon Drizzle Cake mixture

STEP 2

While the cake is baking pour the sugar and the lemon juice into a bowl and mix well with a fork until the sugar has disolved.

When the cake has cooked for 20 minutes cover it very lightly with kitchen foil and place it back in the oven for a further 15 minutes. This is to stop the top of the cake from burning.

Lemon drizzle mixture
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Lemon drizzle mixture

STEP 3

After the cake has cooked for the full 35 minutes take it from the oven and test that the centre is cooked by inserting a fork or metal barbecue stick into the middle. If the stick comes out clean with no bits of cake attached to it then the it is cooked, if not then bake for five more minutes. Total cooking times vary according to the oven from 35 to 53 minutes.

Remove the cake (baking paper around the base still on) from the tin and place on a wire rack.

Baked Lemon drizzle cake
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Baked Lemon drizzle cake

STEP 4

Remove the baking paper and the leave the cake to cool for 15 minutes. Pierce a few small holes evenly in the top. Replace the cake back in the baking tray and then pour over the lemon rizzle mixture.

Leave it for half an hour or so to cool in the baking tray and then transfer to a serving plate.

Baked and iced Lemon Drizzle Cake
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Baked and iced Lemon Drizzle Cake

1 RATINGS GIVEN - AVERAGE 5 star rating
five star rating
26 May 2021
From: Julie Thompson
This was absolutely beautiful it was light and moist I took it to my my grandsons birthday and it was loved by all. I would not hesitate to try any other recipe from this site sweet or savoury, would recommend to my friends and family
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