Recipes
Lemon drizzle cake
15 minutes
Preparation time
30 minutes
Cooking time
10
Serves
Ingredients
Cake
225 g butter, softened
225 g (1 cup) caster sugar
4 medium eggs
225 g (1 ½ cups) plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 lemons, zested
Lemon drizzle
2 lemons, juice
90 g (⅔ cup) caster sugar
Method
To serve
Dollop cream
Cake
- Grease and line a 25 cm loaf tin.
- Place the rack in the speed oven on shelf level 1. Select Automatic Programmes: Cakes / Lemon drizzle cake / + medium setting of browning.
- In the bowl of a freestanding mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and caster sugar until creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder and fold into the egg mixture, along with the lemon zest until combined.
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and level with a spoon.
- Place the loaf tin onto the rack in the oven and follow the prompts for the Automatic Programme.
- Remove the cake from the oven and whilst still warm, pierce the cake several times with a wooden skewer and brush with the lemon drizzle topping.
Lemon drizzle
- Mix the lemon juice and sugar together to form a thick glaze and set aside.
To serve
- Serve slices of the warm cake with dollop cream.
Hints and tips
- Any citrus fruit can be substituted for the lemon.
Applicance Functions
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