


Last week, I was invited over to my lovely friend Siân's house for dinner, and it was my job to provide dessert. I hadn't baked since my birthday, so I thought it'd be fun to make a cake using some fresh fruit from my local greengrocers.
The cake went down a treat with a little creme fraîche, and I had so much left over that I had to share it with my housemate & work friends - some of which have asked for the recipe! It was so yummy that I thought you guys deserved the recipe too!
INGREDIENTS:
• 175g softened butter
• 175g caster sugar
• 2 unwaxed lemons
• 3 eggs
• 100g self raising flour
• 75g ground almonds
• a little milk
• 100g demerara sugar
• 2 small punnets of raspberries
METHOD:
• Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan
• Grease & line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper
• Beat the butter, caster sugar and finely grated zest of 1 lemon, until light & fluffy
• Add a pinch of salt & then the eggs, one at a time
• Sift in the flour & ground almonds, and fold in
• Add a little milk to make the mixture a dropping consistency
• Spoon into the tin & spread out evenly
• Bake for 45mins, or until the top is golden & a skewer comes out clean
• Leave to cool slightly in the tin, while you make the lemon drizzle
• Mix together the zest of 1 lemon, the juice of 2 lemons and the demerara sugar
• Poke holes over the top of the cake and drizzle over half of the mixture
• Pile raspberries on top of the cake and pour over the rest of the lemon drizzle
• Allow to cool in the tin before turning out
- adapted from this recipe -
This makes a lovely cake, which doesn't dry out (at least in the three days that it was around before it was all consumed!) and is so summery looking with the yellow sponge & pink-red raspberries.
Will you be giving it a go?
• dress c/o Lindy Bop •






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This looks so delicious! What a great recipe - will have to try this out!
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Oh man this looks SO good! Definitely one to try out this weekend. I love how you matched your dress to the cake too!! xx
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Oh wow, this looks like one utterly divine cake x
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How yummy!
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That looks gorgeous.....want to try this recipe..
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I really need to attempt this! Looks delicious!
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Sounds divine. Definitely going to have to try this out!
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Your cake looks adorable and delicious (just like you!) and it even matches your dress. :) xo
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Bet it was delicious, the sponge looks really nice as well.
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You are totally cute and this cake looks truly homemade and scrumptious!
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Looks so yum! Your dress looks lovely too :) xx
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This cake looks delicious, your photos really makes me want to bake it, it looks so yummy!
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Perhaps a stupid question but if you turn it out after you put the raspberries on- don't they all fall off?
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing. I ask because I definitely want to try it
Nope, the sticky drizzle holds them on :) x
DeleteIt look delightfully delicious!!
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I love lemon drizzle and I love raspberries, I think I might have to try this!
ReplyDeleteI love this - will totally be making it when the rasps are ready at the allotment! and I like your dress very much as well, Lindy Bop make such cute dresses!
ReplyDeleteOoof this looks yummy, I'm all for summer baking ;) <3 Claire @ Jazzpad
ReplyDeletei don't like raspberries, but lemon drizzle cake is one of my favourites!
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