Irene’s Blueberry & Lemon Traybake

Name: Irene’s Blueberry & Lemon Traybake
Yield: Makes 8 squares
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 135 g (4¾ oz) icing sugar; 1 lemon, juiced; 125 g (4½ oz) blueberries; 1¼ teaspoon baking powder; 100 g (3½ oz) butter; 150 g (5 oz) plain flour; 50 g (1¾ oz) caster sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) soft butter; 100 g (3½ oz) self-raising flour; 2 eggs; 1 lemon, zested; 100 g (3½ oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes
8
squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

My Scottish Island Kitchen

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2022

About

Visitors from around the world receive the warmest of welcomes from Irene and her team at the Isle of Harris Distillery café. One of their bestselling cakes is Irene’s Blueberry & Lemon Traybake, and I always have a slice when I visit the distillery. Now those of you who can’t make it to Tarbert can try it at home!

Ingredients

For the biscuit base

100 g (3½ oz) soft butter
50 g (1¾

Europe
United Kingdom
Vegetarian
Cake
Scotland
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C fan (375°F). Grease and line an 18 cm x 28 cm (11” x 7”) brownie tin