Lemon Drizzle Cake. We absolutely LOVE lemon drizzle cake. It's zesty, vibrant, moist and downright delicious. And this lemon drizzle cake recipe only has six ingredients - super easy!
This light and moist lemon poundcake has a crunchy sugar glaze that crystallizes on top, giving a contrasting texture to the soft crumb underneath.
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A fluffy, moist and buttery sponge soaked with tangy lemon syrup.
You can have Lemon Drizzle Cake using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you Prepare it.
Ingredients of Lemon Drizzle Cake
- Prepare of sugar.
- It's of butter.
- It's of plain flour.
- Prepare of baking powder.
- You need of milk.
- Prepare of large eggs.
- Prepare of vanilla.
- Prepare of zest from two lemons.
- Prepare of For the drizzle.
- You need of Juice from two lemons.
- It's of sugar.
Easy enough for even novice bakers. Felicity Cloake: Is this citrus sponge a big wet sticky kiss of a teatime treat, or a damp squib? This wonderfully simple lemon drizzle cake recipe is super-quick to prepare and perfect for Meanwhile, stir together the lemon juice and icing sugar. When the cake has cooled a little, poke.
Lemon Drizzle Cake detailed
- Preheat oven to 180c fan force. Beat sugar and butter till pale and creamy. Beat in the lemon zest and vanilla..
- Add eggs one at a time. Beat after each addition..
- Sift flour and baking powder together, then add in a little at a time into the beaten egg mixture..
- Transfer into a line cake tin and bake for 1 hour or till skewer inserted comes out clean..
- Gently heat the sugar and lemon juice for the drizzle. Bring to boil and the drizzle thickens. Poke the cake all over with a skewer and pour the hot drizzle onto the hot cake. Let cool, slice and enjoy.
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