Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Lemon or lime drizzle cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake

Ingredients

100g Unsalted butter
250g Caster sugar
3 Lrg eggs
100ml Milk
250g Self raising flour
Pinch salt
1 tsp Baking powder
Zest of 3 lemons
For Drizzle
Icing sugar & the juice of the lemons

Details

Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 25mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to Gas mark 4

Step 2

Add the eggs, milk & sugar into a bowl. Whisk until foamy

Step 3

Sift in the flour, salt & baking powder, stirring until smooth

Step 4

Add lemon zest

Step 5

Heat butter until melted, then pour in whilst stirring keeping the mixture smooth

Step 6

Pour into the cake tin and then place on the middle shelf in the oven

Step 7

Cook for about 20 - 30 mins. To check if the cake is fully cooked use a skewer to pierce through the middle. If it comes out clean and the cake is nice and golden on top, then it is cooked

Step 8

Place on a cooling tray out of the cake tin

Step 9

Once the cake is cooled make the drizzle. Do this by adding a cup full of icing sugar sieved into a bowl and slowly tbsp at a time add the lemon juice until it is at a smooth consistency