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Lemon Syrup Cake (Nigella)

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SoupDragon · 04/04/2005 16:20

Just made this with the intention of freezing it and I think I may scoff the lot before it gets that far...

175g caster sugar
125g butter
2 eggs
zest and juice of 1 or 2 lemons
175g self raising
4 tbsp milk

100g icing sugar (for the syrpu)

Preheat oven to 180c/gas 4. Line a 2lb loaf tin with greaseproof paper.

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and zest and beat well. Add flour and then the milk. pour into prepared tin and bung on the oven for 45 minutes (until well risen and golden on top). It may well sink a little when you take it out.

After about 40 minutes, put juice of 2 lemons and 100g icing sugar into a saucepan. Heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

When the cake is cooked (after 45 mins), as soon as you take it out of the oven, puncture it all over with a knife and spoon over the lemon syrup making sure it goes all over.

Leave until completely cool before you turn it out else it might crumble.

It is heavenly.

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Cadbury · 04/04/2005 16:24

Soupy - are you in fact Nigella in RL?

I make something liuke this but prefer a crunchy lemon juice and suagr topping. Yummy!

RTMTMML · 04/04/2005 16:36

I do a version of this as a traybake. The Marslets love my lemon drizzle cake

SoupDragon · 04/04/2005 16:39

When the syrup cools and sets, it forms a lemony, sugary crust

I am not, infact, Nigella unfortuantely.

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snafu · 04/04/2005 16:46

Hmmm, I wonder if I've got any icing sugar....

KBear · 04/04/2005 16:46

I want to make a banana cake/loaf - got a good recipe by any chance Soupy?

cupcakes · 04/04/2005 17:14

So, do you let it cool in the oven? Or do you puncture it when it is straight out of the oven or after it has cooled.
Sorry, am being thick.

cupcakes · 04/04/2005 17:16

There's a very good banana bread recipe in Nigella's Domestic Goddess which I made this week. Supposed to have raisins and walnuts in but we substituted this for lots of chocolate...

KBear · 04/04/2005 17:18

I suppose I could manage with using loads of chocolate instead of raisins the things we have to cope with....

I'm off to bake....

SoupDragon · 05/04/2005 14:55

I posted Nigella's banana bread recipe on another thread yesterday.

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SoupDragon · 05/04/2005 14:56

You puncture it and pour the syrup over as soon as you take it out of the over (ie when it's hot).

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snafu · 05/04/2005 18:29

Hmmm, well, I think I'll leave the cake baking until I have a set of scales that work. My measuring guesswork meant it had a freakishly rubbery consistency. Nice and lemony though

cod · 05/04/2005 18:30

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SoupDragon · 05/04/2005 18:30
Grin
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SoupDragon · 05/04/2005 18:31

Ooooh no. I add zest & juice of 2 lemons to make it really lemony. It's really quite a plain cake.

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cod · 05/04/2005 18:32

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snafu · 05/04/2005 18:33

Definitely not sickly, quite tart and tangy (and bouncy in our case).

goingfor3 · 28/01/2007 20:30

I am resurecting this old thread because I found it today when looking for a lemon cake recipe. I made the cake and ot was lovely so thank you very much for posting this Soupdragon!

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