How To Make Lighter Lemon Drizzle Cake
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Serves:
Ingredients
- 2 lemons, zest and juice
- 125g unsalted butter, softened
- 125g self-raising flour
- 125g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 50g powdered sugar, for the drizzle
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease a loaf pan.
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In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
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Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and add the lemon zest.
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Sift in the self-raising flour and fold gently until well combined.
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Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
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While the cake is still warm, poke holes all over with a skewer and drizzle the lemon juice over the top.
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Leave the cake to cool completely in the pan.
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Once cooled, remove the cake from the pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Slice and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories : 320kcal
- Total Fat : 15g
- Saturated Fat : 9g
- Cholesterol : 82mg
- Sodium : 22mg
- Total Carbohydrates : 43g
- Dietary Fiber : 2g
- Sugar : 19g
- Protein : 4g
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