Thursday, May 7, 2020

Lemon Drizzle Cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake 🍋 🍋 


When life gives you lemons  🍋  🍋 🍋 ....,make delicious lemon drizzle cake 😀!



Lemon drizzle cake 
Lemon drizzle cake 

Recipe 👇🏼

1) in a bowl whisk 200 gms butter (room temp)  with 1 cup sugar,  until creamy,
2) now add 4 large eggs and whisk until light
3) grate 2 tablespoon of lemon zest into this and mix
4) take 1 3/4th cup plain flour about 225 gms ,add 2 teaspoons baking powder and mix well
5) add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients , using fold and cut motion get the batter together
6) put the batter in a greased and dusted tray,  pat it down for air bubbles and bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for around 40-45 mins  or until done

Just out of the oven

                   
7) once cooled make holes on the surface using a toothpick
8) take the juice of 1 lemon ( used earlier for grating zest) in a bowl and add 2 tablespoon sugar and mix well, drizzle on the cake so it soaks it up

Cake soaking up the lemon drizzle
 
9) once cake cools completely glaze it with icing sugar and water (1 cup icing sugar, 1 tablespoon water,  mix well ).

Glace icing 

10) it will take 1 hour to set, garnish with fruits or lemon slices, serve!


Garnished with blueberries

Served!

                    







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