St Clement’s Drizzle Cake
Ingredients
175g caster sugar
175g softened butter
Grated zest and juice of 1 large lemon
Grated zest and juice of 1 large orange
4 tablespoons milk
2 eggs
175g self-raising flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan 160oC/gas 4.
Grease and line the base of 1 large (900g) or 2 small (450g) loaf tins.
Place the caster sugar, butter and zest of the lemon and orange in a bowl and beat together until pale and creamy. Add the milk, and then beat in the eggs, one at a time, with a spoon of flour to prevent the mixture from curdling. Mix in the remaining flour. Spoon into the prepared tin/tins and level the surface flat.
Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes for a large cake or 30 minutes for the smaller cakes until they are golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake.
While the cake is cooking, place the lemon and orange juice in a saucepan, bring to the boil and allow to reduce in quantity to about 3 tablespoons. Leave to cool, and then stir in the granulated sugar so it just starts to dissolve.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, prick several times with a skewer, then slowly pour the lemon and orange sugar all over the top, letting it soak into the cake. Leave to cool completely in the tin before turning out and cutting into slices to serve.
Ingredients
175g caster sugar
175g softened butter
Grated zest and juice of 1 large lemon
Grated zest and juice of 1 large orange
4 tablespoons milk
2 eggs
175g self-raising flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan 160oC/gas 4.
Grease and line the base of 1 large (900g) or 2 small (450g) loaf tins.
Place the caster sugar, butter and zest of the lemon and orange in a bowl and beat together until pale and creamy. Add the milk, and then beat in the eggs, one at a time, with a spoon of flour to prevent the mixture from curdling. Mix in the remaining flour. Spoon into the prepared tin/tins and level the surface flat.
Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes for a large cake or 30 minutes for the smaller cakes until they are golden and a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake.
While the cake is cooking, place the lemon and orange juice in a saucepan, bring to the boil and allow to reduce in quantity to about 3 tablespoons. Leave to cool, and then stir in the granulated sugar so it just starts to dissolve.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, prick several times with a skewer, then slowly pour the lemon and orange sugar all over the top, letting it soak into the cake. Leave to cool completely in the tin before turning out and cutting into slices to serve.
13 comments:
WOW Maria this is one gorgeous loaf cake!! I just adore citrus flavours in bakes. Two minds think a like - I have this on my bake list to do ;0)
I'd love to sit down to a slice of your cake with a cuppa - mmmmmm
Rosie x
Very appealing Maria :)
I love lemon flavored cake. Your "St Clement's Drizzle Cake" looks so delicious. I remember playing Oranges and Lemons as a little girl - had no idea of its rather gruesome origin!
thanx maria for this recipe i am going to try right away, i just discover your blog and i loved it! your cats are so cute! i hope you have the tima and have a look at my blog, i'm a spanish living in london married to an englishman.
cheers!
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Ooh this looks perfectly moist... I'm such a drizzle fan XD. Sounds so fresh and summery!
This was my first make too! I've made it again, actually, didn't get enough the first time :)Yum!
This cake must have an amazing citurs flavor! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
That looks gorgeous, my kind of cake as love anything citrusy! Love the name too, by coincidence I snagged a recipe the other day for st clements trifle which I must get around to making! x
I made this cake the other week Maria. It is one of the best citrus cakes I have ever made and so yummy!
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Delicious looking cake Maria! I have lots of oranges in the fruit bowl so guess what I'm going to make later on? :)
Looks delicious – I'm going to try doing 1 1/2 times the recipe and baking it in a round sponge tin for a birthday cake. Can't wait, have been looking for a decent St Clement's recipe for ages. Thanks for sharing xx
Looks delicious, I have been looking for a decent St Clement's recipe for ages. I'm going to try doing 1 1/2 times the recipe and baking it in a round sponge tin for a birthday cake. Thanks so much for sharing, it looks perfect! x
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