Use a tart variety of lemon to give this cake a good citrus flavour. Elderflower cordial has a distinctive flavour which I really enjoy, but you could substitute with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Almonds give this lemon polenta cake a wonderful richness and crumbly texture. Served with zesty lemon icing, orange mascarpone and caramelised satsumas. Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3.
Add the glycerine, if using, and the lemon juice. Spread the icing all over the cake. You can either spread it quite casually, work it into little peaks or spread it flat and smooth using a clean ...
While it is cooling in the tin make the icing. Mix the icing sugar and lemon juice until it has melted. Pour over the warm cake and allow to cool completely in the cake tin. Grease and line a 2lb ...
4. For the drizzle, mix the caster sugar and lemon juice together in a bowl, and whilst the cake is still warm, pour over 5. When cooled, mix the icing sugar and lemon juice together and drizzle ...
Who can ever go past a good lemon yoghurt cake with lashings of sweet lemony syrup? Don’t forget to serve with a dollop of thick greek yoghurt, or, if you are feeling extravagant, ice cream is ...