Lemon Drizzle Cake (Classic)

Name: Lemon Drizzle Cake (Classic)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g butter, softened; 175g caster sugar; 3 eggs; 175g self-raising flour; zest of 2 lemons; 2 tbsp milk; juice of 2 lemons for drizzle; 100g icing sugar for drizzle

A sharp, moist British lemon drizzle cake — a quintessential school-fete cake.

Total time

60 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

175gbutter, softened

175gcaster sugar

3eggs

175gself-raising flour

zest of 2lemons

2 tbspmilk

juice of 2lemons for drizzle

100gicing sugar for drizzle

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs one at a time.

Fold in flour, lemon zest and milk.

Pour into a greased 20cm loaf tin.

Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes.

Prick top all over. Mix lemon juice and icing sugar. Pour over hot cake.