late lemon.

apologies for the recent lack of posting - it's been a busy few days! on saturday i went to watch the farnham carnival with my home friends which was really nice (especially the couple of cheeky cocktails afterwards!). then yesterday was my mum's birthday and we went to the harry potter studio tour which is absolutely AMAZING. words cannot describe! and today i started my temporary job of doing the admin for the charity which my mum is assistant coordinator of. so it was a day of lots of printing and editing documents. however i have now found a moment to return to my beloved blog! i have a lot to catch up on but let's start with a lemon cake.

a little memento from our harry potter day!

lemon drizzle cake is one of my absolute favourites and it is so easily to whip up! simple case of whisk all the ingredients together, bake and when it comes out of the over top with a mixture of sugar and lemon juice and zest. so easy but so delicious and it makes the house smell great! i made it a few days ago and it certainly did not last long! thankfully i managed to get some pictures before it all went!

like i said - just throw all the ingredients in and whisk!

i love the ripple effect you get when whisking!

this recipe was taken from 'Girl Talk: A Book of Cooking' - which according to the cover is a BBC publication. it's getting old now as it's (i think) my first cookbook! i also used to make flapjack using a recipe in it.

here is the finished product with the 'drizzle' soaking in. as it makes quite a lot i make a few slots in the cake with a teaspoon to let the mixture really seep into the sponge - this means certain slices have really juicy lemony bits!

the recipe doesn't say to line the loaf tine with baking paper but it makes removing the cake much easier. here the cake is minus my first slice - which was still warm - quite possibly heaven on earth!

well until next time, with more cake stands!

love,

nen

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