LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

This cake right here is summer on a plate! It looks like summer, it tastes like summer and I made this for a lemon cake fanatic who told me it was the best lemon cake he had ever had. PROUD!

That must mean it’s worth a try!

This recipe is an adaptation of one of Delia’s Cakes – adapted to make it lighter and easier to rise!

All you need for this recipe is:

For the cake:

• 175g plain flour
• 2 and 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 175g soft butter
• 85g caster sugar
• 90g soft golden sugar
• 3 large eggs
• grated zest of 3 large lemons
• juice of 1 large lemon
• 20g poppy seeds (if you struggle to find them in Switzerland, Globus is one of the only places I have found them)

For the syrup:

• juice of 3 large lemons
• grated zest of 1 large lemon
• 75g soft golden sugar
• 75g caster sugar

For the topping:

• 1 tablespoon caster sugar and a sprinkle of poppy seeds

Preheat oven to 175°C and line the bottom of a 20cm diameter baking tin with baking paper.

First of all, sift your flour and baking powder twice (it’s worth sifting to get a light texture). Then sift the two types of sugars, add the butter, lemon juice & zest, eggs and poppy seeds and whisk for a minute or two until creamy.

Your mix should look like this:

Use a spatula to fill the tin and flatten the top.

Pop it in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Once it’s cooked, take it out of the over and quickly whisk together the ingredients for the syrup.

Use a metal skewer to poke holes in the cake where the syrup will sink in.

Start by spooning the syrup over…

And make sure you cover the whole surface of the cake with the syrup.

Finish with a sprinkle of sieved caster sugar and a few more poppy seeds.

And there you have it, the most beautiful AND utterly delicious lemon and poppy-seed drizzle cake.

I’m not going to lie, my mouth is watering just thinking about diving into this slice.

Just look at this little slice of heaven:

If there’s one cake to make this summer, it’s this one!

What are your favourite summer cakes? xS