Lemon Cake

 

A few weeks earlier when parents were invited to my lil ones nursery to read some stories , little did I know that the  teachers were helping the kids to bake a delicious cake for us.

After the story and song session we were given a slice of lemon drizzle cake each and that was the first time I had tasted lemon flavour. I always  used to think lemon wasn't my cup of coffee but surprisingly I loved it immensely , so I had to give it a go soon ! I think this has to be my current  favourite flavour :)

 

INGREDIENTS

Recipe is  from here which is originally  Nigella Lawson's recipe

 

For Cake

 

 Flour - 175 gm (1 1/3 cup )

Sugar - 175 gm (2/3 cup)

Butter - 125 gm ( 2/3 cup)

2 large eggs

zest of 1 lemon
pinch of salt

Baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Milk - 1/4 cup

For syrup

 

Juice of 1 and a half lemons

Icing sugar -100gm

 

For  glaze

Juice of 1/4 th of  lemon (use 1/2 lemon if u like it too lemony,I used 1/2 )
100g icing sugar

 

Method

1.Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

2.Add egg one and time and beat well after each addition.

3.Seive all the dry ingredients(flour,salt and baking powder) together and keep it aside.

4.Add lemon zest and beat.

5.Add half of the flour mixture and fold in.

6.Add the milk and  fold in and finish off with the rest of flour and fold in.

7.Pour the batter into a greased and dusted loaf tin and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 C for about 35 minutes or until tooth inserted comes out clean. 

 

For preparing syrup

1.In a small saucepan add lemon juice , icing sugar  and heat gently until the sugar dissolves.
2.As soon as cake is out of oven  puncture all over with skewer and pour the syrup.

3.Allow the  cake to cool completely before removing from tin .

 

For glaze

1.Mix  lemon juice and icing sugar until smooth and white, add  more icing sugar if needed.  

2.Drizzle  or spread the glazing over the cake.