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Lemon Drizzle Cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This cake will last for 3 - 4 days in an airtight container. Paper liners are a really comvenient way to line a tin, and saves time when baking a cake. They are available from the most popular tin sizes.

Preparation Time	15 minutes
Baking Time	45 minutes
Portions	1 kg / 2lb loaf cake
Skill Level	Easy
Average Rating

Lemon Drizzle Cake Ingredients

4	Free Range Eggs beaten
120 grams	Butter melted
50 ml	Fresh Lemon Juice
1	Lemon Rind grated
200 grams	Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
120 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
1 tsp	Baking Powder
1 tbsp	cornflour
50 grams	Almonds ground

Additional Ingredients

100 ml	Fresh Lemon Juice
150 grams	Billington's Golden Icing Sugar

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How to make Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Line or grease and flour the loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 180°C, 160°C fan, Gas Mk 5.
Beat together the eggs, butter, lemon juice and grated lemon rind.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and cornflour. Stir in the almonds. Make a well in the centre and pour in the egg mix. Mix until well combined.
Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Meanwhile, mix together the icing sugar and lemon juice for the drizzle
When the cake is baked, and while it is still warm, skewer all over with a cocktail stick or skewer, and make sure the holes go all the way down. Drizzle the drizzle over the cake, encouraging it to go into the holes. For best results do this slowly, allowing each spoonful to sink in before adding more. Leave in the tin to cool.

Reviews

Read all reviews (6) | Average rating: 5 stars

"I nearly followed the recipe to the letter but used a zester rather than a grater for the lemons and also used the zest from two lemons. I agree that the liners would be good for presentation on a stall or for a fair but non-stick Lidl paper and a pair of scissors is a lot cheaper. Tastes devine - watch out WI you are under attack! Micahel "

06-03-2010 | Author: msteve1066 | 5 stars

"this is delicious recipe that is ideal for every day or special occassions i have passed it on to a lot of family members as we are all keen cooks"

20-02-2010 | Author: debbie66 | 5 stars

"delicious and easy to make. I added raisins to my cake rather than almonds however, the tended to sink to the bottom of the cake. Still very nice though!"

19-02-2010 | Author: serenarice | 4 stars

"Great recipe, cake was light and tasty definitely will be making this again"

16-09-2011 | Author: vixayala | 5 stars

"It was easy and tasted wonderful, but it does need the rind of more than one lemon if you like it lemony "

10-05-2013 | Author: blackie11 | 4 stars

"Love how simple but amazing this cake is! You don't even need a mixer for this recipe! What I did different was to add 40g of poppyseed to the mixture. It's my early morning pick-me-up! "

17-05-2012 | Author: feiia | 5 stars

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