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The Tasty Morsels Exceptional Lemon Drizzle Cake

Exceptional Lemon Drizzle Cake

A magnificent ode to the humble lemon
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Servings 12 Slices
Calories 347 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

For the Drizzle

  • 85g (2 Lemons) Lemon Juice
  • 85g (3oz) Light Brown Sugar

Instructions
 

  • Grease the cake tin with butter
  • Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (350°F, Fan 160°C, Gas Mark 4)
  • Mix 240g of butter, and 240g of soft brown sugar together until it forms a paste like substance (Do not melt the butter under any circumstances)
  • Stir in 200g of egg, 8g Lemon Zest, and 6g vanilla extract, then blitz with a hand mixer until combined
  • In a separate bowl, sift 240g Plain Flour and 5g of Baking Powder and mix together (due to the lemony nature of the cake, baking soda will work, but reduce the amount by approximately half)
  • A chemical reaction is about to occur here, so try and take the next step as quickly as possible
  • Add the floury mix to the eggy, buttery, sugary mix and blitz with a hand mixer until fully combined. Then, quickly pour everything into the buttered cake tin, and place at the centre of the oven. Once the dry stuff hits the wet stuff, the baking powder will start reacting, which makes cake light and fluffy
  • Bake for approximately 50 minutes, until stabbing it with a skewer leaves no residue
  • For now, leave the cake in its tin, and place 85g of soft brown sugar and 85g of fresh lemon juice in a small pan
  • Heat on a low heat until the mixture starts bubbling, and simmer for one minute
  • Head back to the cake, and stab it all over with a long skewer at intervals around 3cm apart. Then, using a spoon, carefully drizzle the lemon/sugar mixture all over the cake
  • Once drizzled, remove the cake from the tin, and leave to cool on a metal rack
  • When the urge to eat cake kicks in, slice up the Tasty Morsels Exceptional Lemon Drizzle Cake and tuck in!

Notes

Looking for something a little less lemony, and a little more chocolatey, click here for an excellent recipe for a Decadent and Moist Chocolate Cake

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal
Keyword Cake, Lemon
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