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DAVIDA'S PERFECT LEMON SYRUP LOAF

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Serves: 1 cake

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Served by friends of the family at a Boxing Day dinner, I loved this tangy, spongey cake so much I got the recipe and make it several times every year. It would be a perfect dinner party pudding with raspberries and creme fraiche, as it's made all in the processor and can be made before you start on the main!

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Ingredients

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For the loaf

  • 170 grams butter (softened)
  • 170 grams self-raising flour
  • 170 grams caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • 74 ml milk
  • 1 lemon zest (grated)

For the syrup

  • lemon juice (from zested lemon)
  • 3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
  2. Throw all ingredients into a food processor and blitz
  3. Bake in a normal size loaf tin Bake on middle to high shelf for 35-50 minutes When a skewer comes out clean the cake is done.
  4. Dissolve the sugar in lemon juice
  5. Place in tin on a rack and pierce cake all over with a skewer.
  6. Spoon syrup over the loaf whilst still warm. Let cake cool in tin then turn out. Serve with crème fraîche - yum!

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