Lemon Drizzle Cake

Name: Lemon Drizzle Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250 g soft butter; 225 g caster sugar; 4 egg eggs; 250 g self raising flour; 2 lemon lemons; 100 g caster sugar; 2 lemon the juice of the lemons

by The Batch Lady - https://thebatchlady.com/r/5935/

This is such a simple cake to make and the perfect one to freeze in slices!

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

55 minutes

Difficulty

Beginner

Cuisine

British

Servings

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories

341kcal

Fat

16.8g

Sat. Fat

10.1g

Carbs

44.4g

Sugars

29.2g

Fibre

0.5g

Protein

4.2g

Salt

153mg

Ingredients Method

Serves

soft butter

250 g
caster sugar

225 g
eggs

4 egg
self raising flour

250 g
lemons

2 lemon

for the drizzle

caster sugar

100 g
the juice of the lemons

2 lemon

1. Preheat the oven to 180oc/160oc fan. Line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper.
2. Add the butter to a mixing bowl along with the sugar and whisk with an electric whisk until light and fluffy.
3. Add in the eggs and mix again until combined.
4. Add the flour and lemon zest and whisk again until you have a smooth batter.
5. Pour into a lined 2lb loaf tin. Cook for 40 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean.
6. To make the drizzle add the caster sugar and juice of the 2 lemons to a saucepan. Heat on a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
7. Once the cake is cooked, poke with lots of holes and pour over the sugar syrup.

To freeze

once cooled, slice up and place the loaf back together. wrap in cling film and place into a labelled freezer bag and freeze flat.

When needed, take out slice at a time and the cake will defrost on the counter in around 1 hour.

Ingredient	Calories	Fat	Sat. Fat	Carbs	Sugars	Fibre	Protein	Salt
soft butter 20.833333333333 g butter 18.75 g	134kcal	15.2g	9.6g	0.0g	0.0g	-	0.2g	134mg
caster sugar 18.75 g sugar 20.833333333333 g	80.6kcal	-	-	20.8g	20.8g	-	-	0.2mg
eggs 0.33333333333333 egg egg 0.33333333333333 small	18.1kcal	1.2g	0.4g	0.1g	0.0g	-	1.6g	18.0mg
self raising flour 20.833333333333 g self rising flour 20.833333333333 g	75.2kcal	0.3g	0.1g	15.1g	0.1g	0.5g	2.5g	0.4mg
lemons 0.16666666666667 lemon lemon 0.16666666666667 wedge or slice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
caster sugar 8.3333333333333 g sugar 8.3333333333333 g	32.3kcal	-	-	8.3g	8.3g	-	-	0.1mg
the juice of the lemons 0.16666666666667 lemon lemon 0.16666666666667 wedge or slice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lemon Drizzle Cake

Nutrition (per serving)

for the drizzle

To freeze

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