Please can someone give me Mars' infamous lemon drizzle cake recipe?!

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I keep reading about it, I've tried searching for it in the archives several times and I can't find it! I have a serious craving and I need to get baking!

Ta

Wish I could help - sound lovely!

Here you go. Cut and pasted from an earlier thread:

INGREDIENTS
9 oz sugar
9 oz butter
12 oz self-rising flour
4 eggs
3 t baking powder
6 Tbsp milk
grated rind from 2 lemons
juice from these lemons separately

METHOD

Preheat oven to 325 degrees/Gas Mark 3/170C/ Mix all the ingredients together in the mixer except for lemon juice. Bake in 9 X 11 (or 13) baking dish. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until knife comes out clean. While the cake is baking, squeeze the juice from the lemons and heat for 20 seconds or so in the microwave. Set at least one tablespoon aside to drizzle into the cake when it comes out of the oven. Take the balance of the warm lemon juice and add icing sugar (confectioners sugar) to consistency you like. As soon as you take the cake from the oven, prick cake with fork and pour over the reserved warm lemon juice. Next, spread the icing over the cake to finish it off.

Et voila

Lemon Drizzle Traybake a la Mars Lady

4 eggs
9oz (250g) soft marg
9oz (250g)caster sugar
12oz (350g)s/r flour
3 level tsps baking powder
6 tbsp milk
grated rind of 2 lemons.

Mix all ingredients. Put in lined tin. Bake (about 30-40mins) I think I do it at about 180.

Icing:
Lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
12oz (350g) icing sugar sieved

Warm lemon juice, mix icing sugar in. Prick warm cake and drizzle!

hurrah!

thank you

Thank you!

ooh thank you. It is dh's absolute all time fave. Just in time for Valentine's day

Heart shaped lemon drizzle... Aahh

what consistency is the mixture meant to be....mine is somewhere like a gooooey dough....more milk????

HELPPPPP!!!!

Have you added the rind? Find that adds moisture

I made it last week and was worried it was too thick, but it wasnt turned out BLOODY GORGEOUS as usual!

I did an orange drizzle too (same as lemon drizzle but with orange in the lemonny bits) and added a handful of choc chips in to the mix so that every now and then you got some melted chocolate in your mouthful YUM

OH I shall make this (when I have nergy to go and buy some lemons mind you!). It would be lovely - dh is moanins he ddn't get a birthday cake!

Just imagine all the UK the smell of lemons coming from kichens!

cazzybabs make it!! It is SO lush! and very easy to make!

thanks....putting in the oven now!

[nervous emoticon...the banana muffins for the church eco fair haven't turned out brilliantly....]

sophable, try the banana and choc chip muffin recipe here - it's never let me down yet

I've been making this for over 20 years now (or very similar variations on this theme) - can I claim it as mine?!

The lime version is yummy too, decisions decisions...

Right ho have had an afternoon nap, sent dh out for the lemons so I have no excuse!

Wish me luck - my 1st ever leom drizzle cake!

I made it for the first time last month, and have since made 3 more. YUM! Hope you enjoy it

mars, i didn't eat as on diet....but it went very very very fast at the fair.....and smellled absolutely incredible.

also ds (and dh!) loved poking skewers in and making all the holes....

thank you

x

Buggery Buggery - had a disaster..no fault of the recipe more of the oven and the cook!

It was burnt in top, dh whipped it out but didn't check it and when I chopped the top off to ice it it was not cooked in the middle!

Hey ho - will try again tomorrow!

Made this a couple of days ago - really easy and the whole family love it (makes a change!). Gets more moist every day - yum!

I cooked it at 170 but had to cover the top with foil half way through to stop it burning - also had to bake it for about 45 mins.

WI showed I'd gained 100gms :(
Mostly as I have been unable to move for 3 days I guess
And proof that demolishing weeklies ( even if the evening of WI thinking you have the whole week to fix it) doesn't pay.
So a calmer weekend, if eating out I'll stick to sensible choices and limit booze.
I hope to lose over this weekend
Back feels a lot better I think it was a dislocation that's relocated.
So gentle walking will get done...
Now after being al ME ME ME
I'll read other posts

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