Absolutely Fabulous Lemon Drizzle Cake with Lemon Curd and Lemon Frosting

Absolutely Fabulous Lemon Drizzle Cake with Lemon Curd and Lemon Frosting

Jump to recipe

By Carolyn Eddie | April 9, 2017

Its all about the cake, Lemon Drizzle Cake!

As many of you know I had my own small, totally amateur, but oh so fun catering company in Darien, Connecticut. This blog started as a way of sharing recipes with all the lovely people who attended my events. For me it was a way to capture a recipe before I forgot exactly what  I had done.  And then my husband was offered a rather fabulous job in Copenhagen so here we are. Since I have been here I have made the odd scone and a batch or two of chocolate caramel squares. I am really doing no catering as such and am really missing the buzz of my old life. Cooking for two is so much harder than cooking for thirty, or fifty and as at this stage of life moderation is always the goal so having too much cake lying around is really not a good idea.

Thankfully every so often my husband commissions me to bake for his office, shout out to all my husband’s lovely colleagues. After making this Lemon Drizzle cake I am being asked why the recipe is not on my website.

Really Lemony Cake

This really lemony Lemon Drizzle cake is fabulously appropriate for so many occasions.  In its simplest form with just a lemon drizzle it is great for a breakfast cake. It goes well with a fresh fruit salad and either plain scones or fresh blueberry scones and lemon curd .  I often serve it deconstructed with either whipped cream and fruit or a mixture of whipped cream and lemon curd as part of a lunch buffet.  The full monty however, a double layer lemon infused sandwich cake filled with lemon curd and a lemony frosting and topped with a lemon drizzle is, well, lemony!  So there are variations in the recipe below.  You can simply make the cake, infuse with syrup and cover with glaze. Instead of the frosting and lemon curd filling you could use whipped cream, either with or without the lemon curd. Likewise omit the lemon curd and just fill with frosting. I also use it when making ‘proper birthday cakes’

lemon drizzle birthday cake
lemon drizzle birthday cake

A word on measurements.

I grew up with good old fashioned ounces and to be honest cannot get my head around grams. They will forever be a mystery to me.  Having spent 15 years in America I can see the attraction of cups. Certain recipes just work in their original system of measurement. I would not dream of making scones in anything but cups, the beauty being that being a recipe based totally on cups works with any cup.  I also found a great shortbread recipe which was something like 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of butter and a 1/4 cup of sugar, how beautiful is that.? A basic cake on the other hand should be made with imperial measures.  The Victoria sandwich is based on the measurement of an egg. This just happens to be around 2 ounces. For every egg you add the same amount of butter, sugar and self raising flour.  Any self respecting eight year old can remember that recipe! My advice to any bakers would be to invest in a set of scales which converts from ounces to grams and have a set of cups handy as well.

.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Related Posts

When a man is tired of London

When a man is tired of London

“when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford” Samuel Johnson 1777 What on earth would Johnson make of London now? I used to work and live in London.  My three children were […]

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Christmas in Copenhagen

Christmas in Copenhagen

Top Christmas things to do in Copenhagen Just getting a little nostalgic about my time in Copenhagen, so thought I would repost this so we can all see what we are missing! It’s a busy time of year. I have just spent the evening baking […]

Print Friendly, PDF & Email