Valentine's Lemon Drizzle Cake to get you Manpoints...
Author: Kitchenfella
Recipe type: Dessert/Cake
Ingredients
For the lemon cake:
250g butter, softened
250g caster sugar
250g self-raising flour
4 medium eggs
2tbsp milk
Finely zested rind of 2 lemons
For the lemon syrup:
4 level tbsp caster sugar
4tbsp water
Juice 2 lemons
For the lemon filling:
3 level tbsp lemon curd
For the lemon frosting:
125g unsalted butter, softened
250g icing sugar
4 level tbsp lemon curd
Pinch of salt
Red food colouring
2 x 18cm solid base sandwich tins, buttered and base-lined
Instructions
Set the oven to 180°C.
For the cake put the butter in a bowl and beat with a whisk. Add the sugar, eggs, self raising flour, milk and lemon zest.
Mix to a smooth paste and spoon into the cake tins. Place them in the oven for 30 minutes until cooked through.
While the cakes are cooking you can make the lemon syrup. Place the water and sugar in a pan until dissolved. When it has bring to the boil for 1 minute and then take off the heat. Add the lemon juice and leave to the side.
Take the cakes out the oven when cooked and pour over the syrup equally.
Allow to cool and cut each one into a heart shape. Spread lemon curd over one heart and place the other one on top.
To make the frosting beat the butter and add the icing sugar, lemon curd, salt and red food colouring. Mix well and spread over the cake. Finishing with strawberries.
Recipe by Kitchenfella - Cook well and boss your kitchen at https://kitchenfella.com/valentines-lemon-drizzle/