Requests for something to take to end of term school parties,picnics, church garden parties and bake sales have come in thick and fast this week.
Here is an easy recipe for a popular cake. Cakes do not have to be smothered with fancy frosting and icing which takes time, melts and squashes when travelling and adds sugar .
A stock of cake tin liners saves a lot of hassle and avoids the annoyance of cakes sticking in the tin. Sainburys and Lakeland have good stocksof these.The round ones can be cut down to fit in shallow sandwich cake tins.
Lemon Drizzle Cake
75 g softened butter
125g caster sugar
150g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 medium eggs
1 tablespoon lemon curd.
2 and 1/2 tablespoons milk
For The Drizzle
finely grated rind and juice of 1 large lemon
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Method
- Heat the oven to 180 C
- Line a 1kg loaf tin.
- Beat the cake ingredients together until thoroughly combined
- Pour into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 40-45 minutes .
- The cake should be firm to touch and a skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean
- While the cake bakes make the drizzle .
- Mix the juice, rind and sugar together
- Pour the drizzle over the cake while it is still very hot from the oven ,this will form a delicious lemon crust and moisten the cake ,
- Leave to cool completely before serving
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