Name: Best Ever Lemon Drizzle Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 cup; Unsalted butter, slightly softened - 1 cup; Eggs - 4 large; Self-rising flour - 1 ¾ cups; Baking powder (Optional) - 1 teaspoon; Lemon, zested - 1; Lemon, zested and juiced - 1; White sugar - 1/3 cup

Recipe information

Cooking:

15 min.

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Ingredients for - Best Ever Lemon Drizzle Cake

1. White sugar - 1 cup

2. Unsalted butter, slightly softened - 1 cup

3. Eggs - 4 large

4. Self-rising flour - 1 ¾ cups

5. Baking powder (Optional) - 1 teaspoon

6. Lemon, zested - 1

7. Lemon, zested and juiced - 1

8. White sugar - 1/3 cup

How to cook deliciously - Best Ever Lemon Drizzle Cake

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

2. Stage

Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift in flour and baking powder gradually; fold with a wooden spoon to be sure flour is combined. Stir in lemon zest.

3. Stage

Pour batter into the prepared pan, being careful not to press it down.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Try not to open the oven door early to avoid collapsing the fluffy cake.

5. Stage

Meanwhile, make the lemon glaze: Juice the zested lemon from the cake batter into a small bowl. Add zest and juice of the second lemon. Stir in 7 tablespoons sugar until dissolved.

6. Stage

Pour glaze over the warm cake and leave to cool in the pan; glaze will harden as the cake cools.