# Lemon Drizzle Cake

A soft lemon sponge cake with a citrus syrup and a lemon icing.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Total time: 85 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 g Caster Sugar
- 1 Zest of 1 Lemon
- 4 Large Eggs
- 150 g Double/Heavy Cream
- 240 g Plain, All Purpose Flour
- 4 g Baking Powder
- 80 g Vegetable Oil
- 1 tsp Lemon Extract
- 40 g Lemon Juice
- 40 g Water
- 80 g Sugar
- 75 g Icing Sugar
- 1 Lemon Juice

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine caster sugar and the zest of 1 lemon. Massage the zest into the sugar to release the oils.
2. Add 4 large eggs and whisk until pale and thick.
3. Pour in 150g of double/heavy cream and stir.
4. Sift 240g of plain flour and 4g of baking powder into the mixture.
5. Add 80g of vegetable oil and 1tsp of lemon extract and mix until you have a nice batter.
6. Pour the batter into a greased and lined loaf tin.
7. Pipe a line of soft butter down the center of the cake.
8. Bake at 160C/320F (non fan assisted) for 85 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
9. While the cake bakes, make a sugar syrup by heating 40g lemon juice, 40g water, and 80g sugar until the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat and let it cool.
10. Once the cake is out of the oven, pour the lemon sugar syrup all over the cake.
11. Remove the cake from the tin, wrap it in clingfilm while it's still warm, and chill it overnight in the fridge.
12. Make icing by whisking 75g of icing sugar with a little lemon juice until it reaches the consistency of glue.
13. Paint the icing all over the cake using a brush.

## Equipment

- bowl
- whisk
- sieve
- loaf tin
- piping bag
- oven
- pan
- brush

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattadlard/video/7018575698780523781
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a5234f20-c409-4238-b61d-a89d8fa2a342
- Extracted: 2025-03-25

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