{"id":44766,"date":"2025-03-17T07:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=44766"},"modified":"2025-03-17T07:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:20:03","slug":"lemon-drizzle-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/lemon-drizzle-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Drizzle Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44769\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/lemon-drizzle-cake\/lemondrizzle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LemonDrizzle.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LemonDrizzle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LemonDrizzle.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44769\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LemonDrizzle.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LemonDrizzle.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LemonDrizzle.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LemonDrizzle.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>This is a lovely lemon cake with citrusy goodness in every bite. The &#8220;drizzle&#8221; is sugar dissolved in lemon juice and poured over the cake which has holes poked in the surface with a skewer to absorb the liquid. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>zest of 2 lemons<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease a loaf pan, and line it with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter. Add the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla and lemon zest.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate the flour mixture and the milk. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, test with a toothpick. Leave cake in loaf pan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>juice of 2 lemons<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Whisk the lemon juice and sugar in a small sauce pan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.<\/li>\n<li>Poke holes in the cake with a skewer, and pour the glaze over the cake. Let cool in pan before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a lovely lemon cake with citrusy goodness in every bite. The &#8220;drizzle&#8221; is sugar dissolved in lemon juice and poured over the cake which has holes poked in the surface with a skewer to absorb the liquid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,3831,2531],"class_list":["post-44766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-lemon","tag-quick-breads"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bE2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37067,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/01\/10\/lemon-cream-cheese-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":44766,"position":0},"title":"Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I love anything that's lemon - pie, cake, sorbet, and now muffins! 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