Lemon Drizzle Cake
A sweet treat perfect for an after dinner dessert.
Easy to cook and delicious on your taste buds, what are you waiting for?
Serves Ten.
Ingredients
Cake:
175g (6oz) self - raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
175g (6oz) Flora Cuisine
175g (6oz) caster sugar
3 Medium Eggs
2 tablespoons semi - skimmed milk
Finely grated rind of 2 lemons
Lemon Syrup:
Juice of 2 lemons, strained
115g (4oz) caster sugar
Method
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl, add the remaining cake ingredients and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
2. Spoon the mixture into a greased and base lined 1kg (2lb) loaf tin.
3. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 oc, 350 of, Gas 4 for one hour until cooked.
4. Turn out on to a wire tray.
5. Put the lemon juice and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
6. While cake is warm, drizzle the syrup over so that it soaks into the cake.
