Lemon Drizzle Cake - Desserts Recipe

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Lemon Drizzle Cake

🌍 Desserts, United Kingdom Difficulty: ●●●○○



Ingredients

  • 175g butter
  • 175g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 175g self-raising flour
  • 2 lemons (zest + juice). Drizzle: 4 tbsp lemon juice
  • 100g superfine sugar

Method

  1. Creaming — Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, fold in flour, zest.
  2. Pouring — Pour into loaf tin. Bake 180°C (350°F) for 45-50 min.
  3. Whiling — While hot, poke all over with skewer.
  4. Mixing — Mix lemon juice and sugar (don't dissolve). Pour over warm cake.
  5. Leaving — Leave to cool — sugar will crystallize into crunchy topping.