How to Make Lemon Drizzle Cake

Are you tired of making the same desserts and ready to try something new? Try this light, fluffy and lemony cake. This cake will easily please the crowds that do not like rich chocolaty desserts. It involves simple ingredients and only a few steps.

Things You'll Need

  • 1 cup of soften unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • finely grated zest 1 lemon
  • juice from 1 & 1?2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp. powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a loaf tin with wax paper.

  2. Beat the butter and 2 1/4 cups of sugar together until creamy. Then add the eggs one at a time, until they are completely worked in the batter.

  3. Sift in the flour and add the lemon zest.

  4. Spoon the batter into the pan. Level it out using the back of a spoon.

  5. Bake it for 40 to 50 minutes. It is finished when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  6. Mix together the lemon juice and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of the powdered sugar in order to make the syrup.

  7. After the cake has cooled, use a fork to prick it all over. Then pour the syrup over the cake, letting it soak down into the cake.

  8. When the cake is completely cool remove it from the pan. Then sprinkle it with a handful of powdered sugar and serve.

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