Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe
Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a classic bake, so simple and delicious can be served as afternoon tea cake that sounds as good as it tastes.
Ingredients
- ½ cup / 120 ml Oil
- 1.5 cups / 180 grams All Purpose Flour / Maida
- 3 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 50 grams or ½ cup Powdered Almonds / Badam Powder
- 50 grams or ¼ cup+1 tblspn Polenta or Sooji
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Zest
- ¾ cups / 150 grams Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 240 ml / 1 cup Thick Unsour Curd / Yogurt
- Yellow Food Colouring a pinch
- For Lemon Syrup:
- ½ cup Sugar
- 4 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 3 tablespoon Water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Prepare a 20 cm round cake pan by greasing it with oil and flouring it well. Check this out.
- Now mix flour, baking powder, sugar, lemon zest, sooji, powdered almonds and mix well.
- In a jug, add in oil, curd, eggs and mix well.
- Pour this over the dried ingredients and mix gently. Add a pinch of yellow colour, and this is optional.
- Now pour this whole batter in the pan.
- Bake for 40 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Cover loosely with foil for the final 5-10 mins if it starts to brown too quickly.
- Once it is cooled, invert it to a plate.
- Make sugar syrup, take sugar, lemon juice and water in a sauce pan. heat it gently, once the sugar is melted bring this to a boil.
- Once it reaches a boil. Turn off the heat and let it get warm.
- Now poke small holes all over the cake using a skewer. Spoon the syrup over the cake, let it sit for 15 mins.
- Slice and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
67
% Daily Value*
Fat
1
g
2
%
Saturated Fat
0.3
g
2
%
Trans Fat
0.004
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.4
g
Cholesterol
41
mg
14
%
Sodium
175
mg
8
%
Potassium
25
mg
1
%
Carbohydrates
14
g
5
%
Fiber
0.1
g
0
%
Sugar
13
g
14
%
Protein
1
g
2
%
Vitamin A
60
IU
1
%
Vitamin C
4
mg
5
%
Calcium
96
mg
10
%
Iron
0.4
mg
2
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.