Mary Berry's Lemon Drizzle Cake

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This recipe for Mary Berry's Lemon Drizzle Cake is sweet and tart, and will make you popular with friends and family. It's meant to share!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 large eggs
• 3 ounces self-raising flour
• 3 ounces caster sugar
• 3 ounces butter, softened
• 3/4 level teaspoon baking powder
• Zest of 1/2 lemon, finely grated
• 2 ounces granulated sugar
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 pound loaf tin, greased and lined

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Beat together the eggs, flour, caster sugar, butter, baking powder and lemon zest until smooth in a large mixing bowl and turn into the prepared tin.

Bake for about 35 mins, or until golden brown, shrinking away from the sides of the tin and springy to the touch.

While the cake is still warm, make the topping. Mix together the sugar and lemon juice, and pour over the warm cake.
Leave to cool a little and loosen the sides of the cake, then lift the cake out of the tin.