British Top 10 ~ Lemon Drizzle

Guess What? The grand opening of once in a four years time event is coming up soon. Yeap, it's the 2012 Olympic game and this round is in London. That's why I've been busy posting some interesting English tea cake for the past couple of weeks. hehe...... And here's another one, Lemon drizzle ! Lemon drizzle is quite a common cake throughout the world but in Great Britain, it is considered as one of the top10 cakes other than the following.

(1)  French Francy            (6)  Battenburg
(2)  Fat Rascal                   (7)  Eccles Cake
(3)  Victoria Sponge           (8)  Jaffa Cake
(4)  Lemon Drizzle              (9)  Chelsea Bun
(5)  Bakewell Tart              (10)  Welsh Cake

So, have you tried any of these cakes so far? Yeap, those are the British top 10 that you shouldn't missed out. I will definitely give other recipes a try.

This is the silicon mould I bought a year ago. I'm totally attracted to the shape once I saw it. This mould is so easy to use & to clean too. I'm glad I finally own one now. :o) So, let's go to the recipe.

Ingredients :
113gm    butter, softened
120gm    sugar
2 eggs
150gm   all purpose flour
1 tbsp   corn flour
1 tspn  baking powder
50ml   milk, soaked with 1 tbsp poppy seeds (optional)
1 tspn  vanilla extract/essence
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tspn  lemon zest

Ingredients for frosting :
3/4 cup   icing/powder sugar
2 tspn   lemon juice
(combine all ingredients and mix well)

Method :
(1) combine dry ingredients into a bowl & mix well.
(2) beat butter & sugar till creamy, then add in eggs & vanilla and mix to combine.
(3) now, alternately stir in the dry ingredients & milk till well mixed.
(4) then add in lemon juice & zest and stir well.
(5) finally bake at preheated oven at 180-185'C for about 20-25 mins, for small cup size. And for 8-9" tray bake at 175'C for about 50-60 mins.
(6) once it's done, leave cool for 5 mins before remove from tray then drizzle on the frosting once it's completely cooled.

It looks like a complete sunshine! This is a very simple cake and yet tasty good. Probably, the best tea cake to enjoy during the game show is ON. I can't wait to watch my favourite games....gymnastic, water ballet & ballroom dancing. So, what are yours????