This idea came from my mum, who has cooked a wickedly moist lemon cake for years. The secret to its success lies in soaking the cake all the way through with the sticky syrup. Then, finish it off with stylish icing.
Ingredients
The Cake
- 225 g butter, softened
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 397 g Carnation Condensed Milk
- 55 g ground almonds
- finely grated zest and juice of a lemon
- 225 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds
Syrup
- juice of 3 large lemons
- 100 g icing sugar
Icing
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 100 g icing sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C 350F Gas Mark 4.
- Place all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and beat together using an electric hand whisk until just smooth and pale.
- Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake.
- Make the syrup by warming together with the lemon juice and icing sugar.
- Whilst the cake is still warm, make holes all over it with a skewer, then gradually spoon over the syrup, allowing it to sink into the cake. Leave to cool in the tin.
- Make the icing: add the lemon juice gradually to the icing sugar until you have a thick pouring consistency.
- When the cake is cool, transfer to a serving plate and drizzle over the lemon icing.
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Nutrition Facts
Carnation Lemon Drench Cake
Amount per Serving
Calories
412
% Daily Value*
Fat
20
g
31
%
Saturated Fat
10
g
63
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
102
mg
34
%
Sodium
238
mg
10
%
Potassium
63
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
53
g
18
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
37
g
41
%
Protein
9
g
18
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
