I had the gorgeous Joanne over for morning tea last weekend and promised I'd bake her something fresh.
At 9am Saturday morning (with Jo arriving at 10am), I wasn't even home yet, let alone with a recipe in mind!
Enter the world's easiest and most delicious cake recipe.
Lemon Drizzle Cake.
Made in the food processor - so easy . . . even when you don't have scales (I'm no baker, remember!)
So I totally fluked it. It was fluffy and full of lemon tang, with a crisp crust.
Perfect with a cuppa and a good couple of hours of girly goss with a gorgeous friend.
Ingredients
2 large eggs
175g sugar
150g soft butter or margarine
grated zest of 1 lemon
175g super sifted self-raising flour
125mL milk
pinch sea salt
Lemon syrup
150g icing sugar
50mL fresh lemon juice (about 1 1/2 lemons juiced)
Lemon syrup
150g icing sugar
50mL fresh lemon juice (about 1 1/2 lemons juiced)
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C
- Line the bottom of a greased 23 x 13 x 7.5cm loaf tin with baking paper
- Place eggs and sugar in food processort bowl and process for 2 minutes, scarping the sides down with a rubber spatula
- Remove the lid and drop spoonfuls of butter or margarine on top of the mixture, together with the lemon zest, then pulse until it just disappears (mixture should resemble mayonnaise)
- Add the flour, milk and salt, cover and pulse until the mixture is smooth in texture and even in colour, scraping the sides down with a rubber spatula if necessary (do no overbeat)
- Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown on top and firm to the touch
- Remove from the oven and stand the tin on a cooling rack
- To make the syrup, gently heat the sugar and lemon juice in a small sauceapn, stirring until a clear syrup is formed (approx 3 mins). Do not boil
- Prick the warm cake all over with a fork, then gently pour the syrup over it, until it has been completely absorbed
- Leave until cold, then carefully ease the cake from the baking tin and remove the baking paper
- Dust with icing sugar before serving
4 comments:
delicious miss kate! x
It is SO delicious, Kimberlee! I made it again today - and am pleased to say it tasted just as good with the correct measurements (I borrowed Mum's scales this time!). Hope we have time for a cuppa and cake before you jet off xo
PS. My blogger's playing up - I can only comment as anonymous!
Oh, it worked - kind of! I can't comment as admin, it's so annoying!
This look so good! Love lemon...I'm just going to need to convert measurements.
p.s. My daughter wears her Kile James Patrick bracelet everyday with a combination of my Tiffany heart bracelet and some friendship bracelets from Madewell. I think of your blog every time I see it!
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