Lemon drizzle cakes

Lemon drizzle cakes

The mini and extra marvellous version of our most popular recipe, the lemon drizzle cake

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Freeze cakes only

Method

  1. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cases. With an electric whisk, whisk the butter, 250g of the sugar, eggs, flour, zest of 2 lemons and juice from 1 lemon until just combined - don't over-whisk. Divide between the cases (they will be quite full), then bake on a middle shelf for 30 mins, until a skewer poked in comes out clean.
  2. Cool for 10 mins, then transfer cakes to a cooling rack on a tray and poke each a few times with a skewer. Pour remaining lemon juice over remaining 150g sugar and zest 1 lemon, and immediately spoon over the cakes. Leave to cool.

PER SERVING

378 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 51g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 1g, sugar 36g, salt 0.5 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2011.

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  • 2011-04-14 13:14:17.271328

    Hezz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My husband rated this the best good food recipe ever!! The only thing was nest time I would use cupcake cases & a bun tin & get more of them as found them rich. Hubby disagreed!!

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  • 2011-04-19 20:04:52.008272

    lesley c rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    far too much mixture for 12 muffin cases - mine spilt over and made a real mess. will try again with 16 cases.

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  • 2011-04-24 13:03:05.574183

    Nora rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made it in cupcake cases as I didn't have muffin cases and it made around 20 good-sized cupcakes. I would really recommend this recipe and it is easy and very popular!

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  • 2011-04-26 13:45:22.779261

    sweetpea rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I agree with Lesley, mine overspilled as well but they did taste fantastic.

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  • 2011-04-27 20:25:10.715899

    Wimbledon commented on this recipe

    Tried these cupcakes and had an absolute disaster. Too much mixture, cake holders overflowed, oven burnt - very little salvaged.. I'm not quite sure the quantities work as mentioned...

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  • 2011-05-01 02:00:15.819504

    Roseleanor rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The only criticism I would make would be to slightly re-word the ingredients list. A lot of people don't read the recipe through carefully, and may miss the fact that the sugar needs to be split into 2 separate quantities. I would be more inclined to specify 250g for the cake batter, and then 150g for the drizzle. The same goes for the lemons. Other than that, lovely recipe. I am going to try it with limes next time.

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  • 2011-05-01 19:08:14.420462

    carol rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Agree with the above comment about specifying for the batter and for the drizzle. I found the drizzle poured down the side of my cakes, meaning I lost a lot and the glaze didn't look so great. However my guests all asked for the recipe, so still a good one. Will be making again - maybe the larger version.

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    2011-05-09 18:25:35.343132

    Sam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious recipe. Made 16 large muffins and gave them as easter gifts with a selection of other muffins from this website. Looked just like the picture and they went down very well with everyone and my neice has asked for some more lemon drizzle cakes for her birthday sleepover in a few weeks. Very moist cakes and lasted really well.... well until they all got eaten up!!!

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  • 2011-05-16 20:52:36.191406

    d41d0y rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum yum yum! Read the comments and halved the batter, which gave me 8 cakes. Cooked them for 22 mins. The contrast of the tart glaze with the sweet cake is lovely.

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  • 2011-05-17 22:12:01.889707

    fiona rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yum!!! quick and easy recipie and I shall take them to work moro where I am sure that they will go down very well.

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  • 2011-05-27 00:01:33.528689

    rubyfitz commented on this recipe

    Super easy and very very nice, cannot make enough of them

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  • 2011-05-27 00:01:44.534226

    rubyfitz rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 2011-06-10 16:10:16.894239

    robyn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    really soft and moist made more than 12 though

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  • 2011-06-16 18:42:32.656113

    Johan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Hi this is really a great taste and had my friends ask for more. They arm wresteled for the overflows. Next week I will use two baking trays. They were really good

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  • 2011-06-27 18:37:34.755038

    Helen LJ rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, very lemony and great crunchy topping - will definitely make these again!

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  • 2011-07-10 17:45:56.707231

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really lovely lemony flavour. Mine didn't overflow but then I have quite big cupcake cases. Lovely light and fluffy texture.

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  • 2011-08-18 16:20:44.735405

    ratryn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really lovely recipe. very mourish...

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  • 2011-09-20 20:16:00.804878

    BeckyDrew rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely light cakes... fantastic with a cup of tea in the afternoon or for elevenses... will definitely make again.

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  • 2011-09-29 09:24:33.15456

    luvbakingcakes commented on this recipe

    Wish I had read the comments before baking! Five mins after I put them in the oven they spilled out over the top. Would divide between more cases in future. Added a bit of extra Lemon juice. Still, the raw mix tasted great (like to test before I bake!) and they smell divine.

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  • 2011-11-15 11:37:57.743043

    Eileen commented on this recipe

    Made these first time this morning. Lovely. Also made more than the dozen though.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Freeze cakes only

Ingredients

  • 250g pack of butter , softenend
  • 400g caster sugar
  • 3 eggs , lightly beaten
  • 250g self-raising flour
  • zest and juice 3 lemons
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PER SERVING

378 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 51g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 1g, sugar 36g, salt 0.5 g

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