Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezie All In One Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipes

EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZIE ALL-IN-ONE LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F, 175 C or Gas mark 3.
• Grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin or round cake tin.
• Put all the cake ingredients together into a large bowl & mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon and then a hand held mixer for a maximum of 3 minutes.
• Pour into the prepared loaf or cake tin & bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• While the cake is baking, make the syrup.
• Mix the lemon juice and sugar together - no need to heat it up.
• On removing the cake from the oven, pierce all over the top with a fine skewer or fork - keeping the cake in the tin.
• Whilst the cake is still hot, pour the syrup over the top of the cake. Leave in the tin to cool.
• The syrup will leave a crunchy residue of sugar and be sticky to touch too!
• Keeps well, if you can hide it for long enough!
• The quantity above can be easily doubled for a larger family cake.
• The cake can also be split and have lemon curd spread between the two layers - it is then called a Luscious Lemon Drizzle Cake!

LUSCIOUS LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Line the bottom of a well-oiled 23 x 13 x 7.5cm (9 x 5 x 3in) loaf tin with baking parchment.
• Put the eggs and sugar in the bowl of the food processor and process for 2 minutes, scraping the sides down once with a rubber spatula. Take off the lid and drop spoonfuls of the soft butter or margarine on top of this mixture, together with the lemon zest, then pulse just until it disappears. The mixture should now resemble mayonnaise.
• Add the flour, milk and salt, cover and pulse just until the mixture is smooth in texture and even in colour, scraping the sides down with a rubber spatula if necessary. Do not over-beat or the cake will be tough.
• 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 saucepan, stirring until a clear syrup is formed, about 3 minutes. 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 cool, then carefully ease the cake from the baking tin and remove the baking parchment.
• Just before serving, sift a little more icing sugar on the top. Serve in generous slices.