Valentine's Lemon Drizzle
 
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Valentine's Lemon Drizzle Cake to get you Manpoints...
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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
  1. Set the oven to 180°C.
  2. 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.
  3. Mix to a smooth paste and spoon into the cake tins. Place them in the oven for 30 minutes until cooked through.
  4. 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.
  5. Take the cakes out the oven when cooked and pour over the syrup equally.
  6. Allow to cool and cut each one into a heart shape. Spread lemon curd over one heart and place the other one on top.
  7. 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/