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Lemon Cake

Try fooodlove’s failsafe lemon cake recipe! Enjoy it straight from the oven or drizzle with lemon icing when cool for a classic lemon drizzle cake recipe.

12 servings
50 mins
361 kcal
NF VE

I LOVE this lemon cake recipe (and by how quickly it seems to disappear, so does everybody else)! It is flavoursome and mouthwateringly zesty. It’s also nice and moist, due to the addition of the lemony syrup after cooking. I think dry cakes are a total letdown and are something to be avoided wherever physically possible!

Either keep it simple straight from the oven - resulting in something akin to a lemon-infused Madeira loaf - or make the simple lemon icing I suggest and drizzle this over once the cake is cool, transforming the bake into a more traditional lemon drizzle cake. I must say, I like it both ways, but the sweet tang of the lemony icing is something I can rarely resist!

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Ingredients

250 g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
250 g granulated sugar
250 g self raising flour (sifted)
3 eggs (at room temperature)
80 ml milk
1 tbsp lemon zest (about 2 lemons)
Syrup
60 ml lemon juice
40 g icing sugar

Tips

Lemon icing is optional and very easy to make: Sift 240g of powdered sugar in a medium bowl, add 3 tbsps of lemon juice and whisk until smooth.

If you want the lemon icing to be more runny, add 2-3 tbsp of milk or water.

Directions

You will need about 50 minutes to make 12 servings of this recipe, which has approximately 361 calories each. Make sure you have all the ingredients and follow these 7 simple steps. If you have any questions, send me an email and I’d be more than happy to help!

Add the butter and sugar in a mixer bowl and beat them until fluffy.

Add the eggs one by one allowing them time to get fully incorporated to the mixture.

Proceed by adding the sifted flour and lemon zest and continue mixing.

Lastly, add the milk and finalise the mixture.

Transfer to a buttered pan and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180º C (350º F) for 35 -40 minutes.

Syrup: Mix the lemon juice with the icing sugar until combined and microwave for 1 minute.

While the cake is warm, poke holes on it with a toothpick, pour the syrup and allow 10-15 minutes to fully absorb it.

Watch it step-by-step!

Lemon Cake

This is probably the most flavourful and moist Lemon Cake you have ever tried! Very easy to make and suitable for any occasion. If you're not worried about calories and you're looking for extra deliciousness, add some lemon-based icing and your taste buds will go nuts!