Lemon & Elderflower Drizzle Cake

Name: Lemon & Elderflower Drizzle Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes one 900 g (2 lb) loaf cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 160 g (5¾ oz) self-raising (-rising) flour; Juice of 1 lemon; 2 tbsp elderflower cordial; 110 g (4 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 3 eggs, large; Zest of 2 lemons,; 175 g (6 oz) butter; 175 g (6 oz) caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Makes
one
900 g loaf cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

The Pink Whisk Guide to Cake Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

About

With a crunchy elderflower topping this cake is a little treasure – bursting with zesty sunshine flavour!

Ingredients

Cake

175 g (6 oz) butter
175 g (6

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Cake
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C (fan)/180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Line the loaf tin with baking paper or a paper liner.
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the lemon zest and mix until evenly combined. Add the eggs a li