This is one of my all time favourite loaf cakes, and it always gets demolished in minutes. I made this recipe with regular flour for my Granny’s birthday, but I’ve made a note of how you can make a gluten free version too, the texture will be slightly different but still delicious!
This really is an incredibly straight forward recipe, and once you have all of your ingredients ready it is only a matter of minutes before it is in the oven.
Ingredients
For the cake
200g unsalted butter
200g golden caster sugar
200g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp whole milk
3 eggs
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
For the drizzle
Juice of 2 lemons
115g caster sugar
*for the gluten free version I substituted this flour with 125g gluten free self-raising flour and 50g ground almonds
Method
- Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/gas 4.
- In a large mixing bowl cream sugar and butter until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl, then add the eggs, lemon zest and milk.
- Beat the mixture together until smooth and thick.
- Pour the mix into the prepared loaf tin and level off slightly.
- Bake for 40-45 mins, or until well risen and firm (mine actually took about 50 minutes to cook through this time, but usually 40-45 is about right).
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for a little while before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
I was very envious watching everyone enjoy this at the weekend, but I’ll definitely be trying out the gluten free version for myself soon!
Sorry that the post haven't been quite as regular over the last fortnight, it has been a bit hectic, but I'm getting back on top of it again. Let me know if you make this recipe, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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