Recipe: Lemon + Lime drizzle cake

13th January 2012

A couple of weeks post Christmas and we found ourselves with a glut of rather sorry looking lemons and limes in the fridge. A few were sliced in to wedges and frozen (so perfect for plopping in to a gin and tonic!) but I also reserved one of each to make an adaptation of a recipe I found in my favourite foodie magazine…

My Mum and I have bought every issue of this magazine over the last two years…the recipes are always simple, and the sort of food we’d want to eat on a daily basis; not so much the fancy ambitious fare you can often find in culinary publications.
The recipe we were drawn to this time came under the “have your cake and eat it” section, a typical lemon drizzle cake (a firm favourite in this house) adapted by me to become a lemon and lime drizzle cake.

You’ll need:
180g low fat spread (or real butter, up to you!)
180g caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten

180g plain flour
1 Lemon and 1 Lime
1tbsp demerara sugar (this is for the topping and regular granulated sugar works fine)

How to:
Pre-heat your oven to 150*c/Gas 2 and line a loaf tin (we have handy loaf tin liners for this, but greaseproof paper also works fine!)

Beat together the spread and the sugar until fluffy then slowly add in the eggs (if it curdles, add in a tbsp or so of the flour)
Sieve in the plain flour and baking powder followed by the finely grated zest of the lemon and the lime. Stir until well combined.

Pour the mixture in to the lined tin and bake for 1hr or until a skewer inserted in comes out clean.(I found the cake was perfectly brown on top after 40 minutes but needed longer to cook through…to avoid the top burning just pop some tin foil over it).
Whilst the cake is cooking, juice the lemon and the lime.

While the cake is still warm, pour over the lemon and lime juice and sprinkle on the demerara sugar. Leave to cool then serve with a massive cup of tea.

SIMPLE! must work on food photography though!

What have you baked lately? I was hoping to do more on my time off but we have SO MUCH FOOD left in the house from Christmas.

Share your favourite recipes in the comments, as well as your favourite foodie magazines/cookbooks etc.

xxx

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21 comments for “Recipe: Lemon + Lime drizzle cake”

  1. Emma

    Looks yummy! I might try veganising it by using egg replacer and dairy-free spread!

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  2. Chuck

    Omg, lemon slice ice cubes for g&ts! That is genius. How did I never think of that?? x

  3. Kandi

    Well that looks gorgeous! Funnily enough this week I made a lime and coconut loaf and a lemon and coconut loaf! Yummy, have you got the Bero book, loads of great and simple baking recipes in there.
    Kandi x

  4. lowri lou

    that looks very yummy! I had the great British bake off recipe book for Christmas so I’m making my way through that. Jam thumb prints went down very well in our house yesterday! 🙂
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  5. Daisy

    This looks very yummy !

  6. Anne

    Delicious! It looks fab:)
    ~Anne

  7. Ella

    That looks so tasty! Id love a slice of that with a large cuppa right now xx

  8. Green Tea and Cupcakes

    Oooh this sounds easy may be even I will be able to make it.

  9. LittleMissL

    Your house must always smell so yummy!

    We once made a lemon & poppy seed cake; amazing! Happy Friday lovely xxx

  10. Angela

    That looks super tasty. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I’ll definitely have to give it a shot sometime.

  11. ❤Cate❤

    Yummy, this is my absolute fave cake I haven’t made it is a loooong time to! I’m actually going to try making a low-fat blueberry sponge soon, we’re trying to shed those Christmas lbs in our house but I think we all deserve a treat after working out so hard. If all goes well I will definitely blog the recipe! xoxo

  12. Steph

    This looks amazing, I can’t wait to get some more spare time so I can get back into baking xx

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  14. Alice

    Yum! I haven’t baked since last year, must get baking! xxx

  15. Rachael

    You can never beat a good lemon drizzle cake!

  16. MatthewHoare

    In the ingredients i love how people call this certain butter “proper butter” and I love how everyone knows exactly what you mean.

    I’m definitely going to try this cake, a good lemon cake is always a winner for me!

  17. ButterflyBoo

    Looks yummy!
    May have to invest in the mag for some inspiration! xx

  18. Amy

    I adore lemon drizzle cake. I wish I was there to eat some.

    I may have to give this magazine a try so thanks for the tip.
    x

  19. Jesss

    This looks & sounds delicious! Wouldn’t last five minutes in my house of lemon-lovers but I may have to give it a go!

    xo

  20. Maria

    OMG this looks amazing! Reason 6892695 why I love you

    Maria xxx

  21. Please may I?

    That looks yummy hun.

    X x