Lemon Drizzle Loaf

Sunday is the main day I bake, mainly because it means that I start the week with a delicious bake. Mondays are more manageable when you know you have cookies, or cake, am I right?

For the cake you will need:

• 6oz Self Raising Flour
• 6oz Caster Sugar
• 6oz Margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 lemon squeezed
• grind of 1 and a half lemons

For the Icing you will need:

• 1 lemon squeezed
• 2oz Caster Sugar
• Grind of half a lemon 

To make the cake, put the flour, sugar, margarine, and eggs into a bowl and mix until the mixture is light, fluffy and pale in colour. Add in the lemon grind and the juice, and mix until combined. This should only one minute. Pour the mixture into a greased loaf tin and bake at 180 degrees (fan assisted oven) for about 30 minutes or until golden brown, and a knife comes out clean.

While the cake is cooking, make the drizzle. To do this heat the lemon and sugar in a pan until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the drizzle of the lemon cake, while its still hot. This will help the drizzle soak into the cake and make it really moist. Sprinkle the Grind on top and leave to cool in the tin, so that the cake soaks up all the drizzle. Remove from the tin, place it on a plate, and serve! 

I love simple and straight to the point recipes. Baking is meant to be fun, who wants to spend their time reading a 20 step recipe? Not me, that's for sure.

Hope you enjoy recreating this recipe!