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Lemon Drizzle Cake

Lemon drizzle cake is a simple butter cake flavored with lemon zest and juice, and topped with a lemony icing.

Total 00:40
Yield 16

Ingredients

  • 280 g (9.9 oz/2¼ sticks) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 280 g (9.9 oz/1¼ cups) superfine sugar
  • 5 standard eggs
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 300 g (11 oz/2¼ cups) self-raising flour
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 150 g (5.3 oz/1¼ cups) powdered sugar
  • Juice of ½ lemon

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to . Grease and line a square cake tin.
  2. 2
    Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl, until soft and fluffy.
  3. 3
    Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then lemon juice and zest.
  4. 4
    Fold the flour and baking powder into the mixture.
  5. 5
    Spoon the mixture into the cake tin.
  6. 6
    Bake for 25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
  7. 7
    Transfer the cake to a wire rack and leave it to cool.
  8. 8
    Mix the icing sugar and lemon juice in a bowl until it is thick enough to coat the back of spoon.
  9. 9
    Drizzle the icing over the cake.
  10. 10
    Enjoy!
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

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