Lemon Drizzle Cake
Submitted by Ailish McAloney
About this recipe
Healthiness : (6 votes)
Difficulty: 
Comments: This is easy to make but care needs to be taken with using the oven.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Number of servings: 10
Serving suggestions: Slice and serve with a hot drink of your choice.
Drizzle cakes are especially moist and delicious, with a lovely tangy flavour.

Comments: This is easy to make but care needs to be taken with using the oven.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Number of servings: 10
Serving suggestions: Slice and serve with a hot drink of your choice.
Drizzle cakes are especially moist and delicious, with a lovely tangy flavour.
Ingredients
- 225g unsalted butter
- 310g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 lemons
- 225g self raising flour
- 1 greaseproof paper
Equipment
- Bowl
- Scales
- Wooden spoon
- Sieve
- Container
- Baking tin
Making and cooking it

- Heat the oven to 180c/ fan 160c/ gas 4
- Separate 225g of unsalted butter into slices and microwave to soften
- Place a bowl on top of some scales and weigh it
- Now add 225g of caster sugar, take off the scales pour in the softened butter and beat
- Crack 4 eggs into the bowl one at a time and slowly mix
- Sift 225g of self raising flour and mix
- Grate the zest of 1 lemon and fully combined, you should now have a creamy mixture
- Put grease proof paper in a loaf tin, pour the mixture in and carefully shake to level
- Place the mixture into the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes
- Squeeze 1 1/2 lemons into a container and mix with 85g of caster sugar to make the drizzle mixture
- Once baked make holes in the top with a fork and pour the drizzle mixture all over

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Name: Jake | 14th May 2018 |
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Name: Hannah | 18th November 2016 |
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