Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Tender lemon cake, baked to perfection, and expertly dressed with a lemon drizzle. This Lemon Drizzle Cake is sheer perfection. This is Mary Berry's Lemon Drizzle Cake but with American Measurements so anyone can make it. If you LOVE the GBBO and want to bake a quintessential British Cake or traybake, this is it!

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Additional Time2

Total Time47

Course: Recipe

Cuisine: GBBO Inspired

Servings: pieces

Calories: 372kcal

Author: Laura

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup 225 grams softened butter
1 1/8 cup 225 grams granulated sugar
2 1/4 cups 275 grams all-purpose flour
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt optional if you used unsalted butter
4 eggs
1/4 cup 4 Tablespoons milk
zest of two lemons save the lemons for juicing

Lemon Glaze

juice of two lemons OR roughly 6 Tablespoons
14 Tablespoons 175 grams granulated sugar** READ NOTES BELOW

Instructions

preheat the oven to 350˚
lightly butter a 9x12 baking tray, line it with parchment paper, leave the ends to stick out each side, set aside
put everything for the cake in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix to combine for 30 seconds
stop scrape down the sides
mix again just to combine
once combined mix on medium for 2 minutes
scrape into prepared pan and smooth it out
bake for 30-35 minutes or until it's lightly browned and pulling away from the edges of the pan
while it's baking juice the lemons and add enough of the granulated sugar to make a glaze
when the cake is done let it rest in the pan 5 minutes then lift it out to a cool rack
mix up the glaze one more time, (the sugar won't really dissolve completely see notes in the post about it), and spoon it over the cake
spreading it to the edges of the cake as you go
cool, slice into 12 or 16 pieces and serve

Notes

Regarding the sugar in the glaze, as I was putting this into cups and Tablespoons, what I call American Measurements, I transposed some numbers. I wrote DOWN 7 Tablespoons of Sugar is 175 grams. It was pointed out to me that I was wrong, and it should be more like 14 Tablespoons. I've fixed it above, I hope I didn't ruin anyone's cake!

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