Lemon Drizzle Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 125 g margarine or 125 g butter
• 175 g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 175 g self raising flour
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 100 g icing sugar, 4 tbsp
• 1 -2 lemon, juice of, about 4 tbs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180oc then grease and line a 2ib loaf tin.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar together, add the lemon zest and eggs then beat again, if it splits add a tbs of flour and keep mixing. add in flour, mixing gently then finally add the milk. pour in prepared tin and bake for around 45 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile mix the sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl and put to one side, the sugar will dissolve into a lovely tart syrup. remember to stir again before putting on the cake.
• 4 test the cake ( when a skewer comes out of the middle clean) prick it all over ans slowly spoon the sugar onto the cake. i find it easier to start in the middle then work my way round to the sides of the cake to ensure even distribution of the syrup.
• 5 leave to cool completely in the tin before removing.