Blueberry Lemon Drizzle Cake

Shasi — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:29:35 +0000

Blueberry Lemon drizzle cake with crunchy Demerara topping

It may not be the first cake you select amongst all the other cake options out there but there’s a lot to be said about the combination of citrus, blueberries and the caramel crunch of demerara sugar!

Perfect for tea time or warm with cream or mascarpone cheese

Ingredients

To make:

8 oz Butter

8 oz caster sugar

4 eggs

8 oz self raising flour or (2oz ground almonds +6oz self raising flour)

1 tsp baking powder

Blueberries 1-2 punnets

Demerara sugar for sprinkling on top

Drizzle:

100 g sugar

Juice of 1 lemon

Directions

Beat together butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder. Add 2-3 tbls milk if too thick
Toss blueberries in 1 tbl flour and fold into the mixture
Bake at 180 degrees until done usually around 20 mins. Test with a knife to make sure it’s done
In a pan heat the drizzle ingredients and boil for 30 secs until syrupy
For the last 10 mins of bake drizzle with 2-3 tablespoons lemon syrup depending on how much citrus you like and Demerara sugar and put back in oven for 10 minutes until crunchy

Enjoy!

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Blueberry Lemon Drizzle Cake

Ingredients

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