Lemon Drizzle Cake - Delicious lemony cake topped with lemon drizzle icing

This heartwarming, moist and crunchy on the top Classic Lemon Drizzle Cake is a real winner!

Experience the joy of pouring lemon syrup on the cake and watch how it dances a little while on the top and slowly sink beneath the spongy layers.  But the best part is drizzling the lemony icing on the top, making pretty waves.  If you fancy a bit more tangy flavour, do not hesitate to add an extra spoon full of lemon juice.

Let’s start now.

You will need the following ingredients:

Self raising flour	175 g
sugar – white	175 g
Butter / spread	175 g
Eggs – large	2
Salt	2 pinches
Lemon juice	2 tbsp
Lemon zest	1/2 tbsp
Milk	3 tbsp
Baking powder	1/2 tsp

Let’s make :

• Set the oven to 160 C.

Cream the batter

• Cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each adding

Mix flour

• Mix flour, salt and baking powder together and swift onto the batter using a sieve
• Add lemon zest, lemon juice and milk
• Mix all with a wooden spoon until everything combines into a smooth batter
• Line up a loaf tray and pour the batter in

Bake

• Bake for 30 mins or until a skiver comes out clean
• Take the cake out of the oven and leave to rest for 5 mins in the tray
• Stab all over the cake with a skiver
• Take out and place on a wire rack

Make the lemon syrup

• Mix 3 tbsp of lemon juice with 3 tbsp of granulated sugar.
• Heat up only until the syrup gets warm. (do not boil)
• Pour over the cake while the cake is still warm.
• Leave to cool.

Lemon Icing

• Simply mix 4 tbsp of icing sugar with 3 tbsp of lemon juice.
• Now pour over the cake.
• Let it drizzle from sides.
• Your cake is ready to serve.