Lemon Drizzle Cake

Here is a lovely recipe for a beautiful lemon drizzle cake. This is from another blog called Marias Menu which is a popular food blog with simple, tasty and traditional recipes and this recipe is definitely one to try if you are a fan of lemons.



Lemons are our one tree ingredient in this recipe. The lemon tree is an evergreen tree, originally native to Asia, although now more associated with Mediterranean countries.

Ingredients

125 gm Butter
175 gm Caster Sugar
2 large Eggs
175 gm Self-raising flour
50 gm Granulated Sugar
2 preferably unwaxed Lemons

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 180 degree.
  


• Lightly oil and line the base of an 18 cm/7 inch square cake tin with baking paper.


• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until soft and fluffy. Beat the eggs, then gradually add a little of the egg to the creamed mixture, adding 1 tablespoon of flour after each addition.


• Finely grate the rind from one of the lemons and stir into the creamed mixture, beating well until smooth. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, strain, then stir into the mixture.


• Spoon into the prepared tin, level the surface and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.


• Mix the zest of the last lemon with 25 gm of the granulated sugar and reserve.
  


• Squeeze the juice of that lemon into a saucepan. Add the rest of the granulated sugar to the lemon juice and heat gently, stirring occasionally. When the sugar has dissolved simmer gently for 3-4 minutes until syrupy.


• With a fine skewer prick the cake all over. Sprinkle the lemon zest and sugar over the top of the cake, drizzle over the syrup and leave to cool in the tin.
  


• Cut the cake into squares and serve.