If you’re looking for a fun baking project, the lemon drizzle cake recipe is a fantastic choice for teenagers!
This cake is super easy to make and doesn’t require lots of fancy ingredients or equipment. With its bright, tangy flavour and simple steps, it’s perfect for young bakers who want to whip up something delicious and impress their family and friends.
Plus, there’s nothing quite like the smell of a freshly baked cake filling the kitchen! So grab your apron and let’s get baking!
With so few ingredients needed, making it quick to make, this Lemon cake recipe is perfect if you are looking for an easy cake recipe for baking at home with kids during lockdown!
Ingredients
- Self Raising Flour
- Butter
- Caster Sugar
- Eggs
- Lemon
- Caster Sugar – For the Drizzle
- Lemon Juice – For The Drizzle
- Extra – add more flavour with a handful of unwashed poppy seeds scattered on top of the drizzle.
Easy Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe
Easy Lemon Drizzle Cake
Equipment
- 7 inch Cake Tin
- Baking Paper
- Large mixing bowl
- Wooden Spoon
- Spoons
- Small bowl
Ingredients
- 125 g Self Raising Flour
- 125 g Butter – softened
- 125 g Caster Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Lemon
- 50 g Caster Sugar For the Drizzle
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice For The Drizzle
Instructions
- Preheat oven 180°C/160°C Fan/Gas 4.
- Grease a 7-inch cake tin and line with baking parchment.
- Place flour, sugar, butter, lemon zest and beaten eggs in a mixing bowl.
- Beat together with a wooden spoon until the mixture is a smooth, dropping consistency.
- Spread mixture evenly in the prepared cake tin.
- Place in oven and bake for around 20/30 minutes, until golden brown and cake feels “springy” when tapped with fingertips.
- Whilst cake is baking, mix the caster sugar and lemon juice for the drizzle.
- Pour drizzle over hot cake and leave to cool in the tin.
Notes
Easy Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe
Nutritional Information (based on ingredients calculations fro the whole cake) The cake does serve 10, so just divide the figures below by how many slices you serve.= 1 serving(s)
- Energy (calories): 1908 kcal
- Protein: 28.26g
- Fat: 78.58g
- Carbohydrates: 273.93g
Recipe Notes
Our cake was baked in a loaf tin, though you could use a normal round or square cake tin.
Make sure you do not pour all the lemon drizzle in one spot as the cake will sink!
Pouring the lemon drizzle as soon as the cake is out of the oven allows it to seep through nicely. This helps to give it a lovely lemon taste on the inside too.
This particular cake was kept in the oven for 23 minutes. Next time if baked in the same tin, we would keep it in for 30 minutues.
Actually, Liv did a really good job and the cake was lovely with a good brew! I cannot wait for Liv’s next Food Tech lesson! My fingers are crossed she will make a slab of Rocky Road soon. One of my absolute favourite treats, but whilst I’m waiting, I may try this Cherry Bakewell Rocky Road recipe from the lovely Helen at CasaCostello!
This is a seriously simple lemon cake recipe that is easy to bake at home with children!
Do you enjoy baking? Have you found yourself eating more cake during lockdown?
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The lemon drizzle cake looks so good, and I definitely need to try it one day!
Thank you! It was super yummy, the only problem is stopping at one slice! It simply cannot be done!
Looks delicious! You can’t beat a lemon drizzle cake x
My sentiments exactly! It always tastes even better with a good brew! 🙂 x
We love lemon bakes in all shapes and sizes but we’ve never tried making a drizzle cake. This recipe looks delicious, I know what’s going on my shopping list now!
Oh you must, especially if you love anything lemon bake wise. The extra crunch from the citrusy drizzle coating on top it divine and totally adds to the cake! 🙂 x
Look delicious!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! I am glad you enjoyed my post and left such a kind comment!! Have a great week!
Hugs,
Deb
Looking so good, wow just love it, and thank you for sharing at SSPS #253, and welcome to our Linky. Hope to see more of your posts in the coming weeks.
Lovely cake, one of my features at SSPS #254 on Monday. Thanks for sharing this recipe and we hope to see you on Monday!
That is super lovely Melynda, thank you for letting me know! Will definitely see you on Monday! 🙂 x
This sounds just heavenly! Stopping by to say HI from SeniorSalonPitStop. Have a great day, hope to see you next week.
Thank you Estelle! Lemon cake is the best, the most fabulous pick me up! 🙂
Wow, this cake looks easy to make and delicious! Definitely gonna try it
This is my families favourite. Thank you for putting it in the spotlight again.
Thank you for your lovely comment! Lemon cake gets me every time, I absolutely adore it! 🙂
This looks amazing. Now my mouth is watering for lemon cake
I love love LOVE lemon cakes. Usually I get one from Starbucks but I am trying this to have it at home with some coffee!
Sounds incredible! Lemon Lockdown Lifesaver!
Thank you! I really is – such a simple recipe to follow but the results are super tasty!
I can feel the weight gain already just looking at it. Yum!
I really simple and basic recipe. I use that as the base for al my baking, earlier this week I chucked in a handful of blueberries.
Thank you for linking with #PoCoLo sorry I’m late with commenting will catch up before the next post later this week.
I eat too much cake whether in Lockdown or not lol. The cake looks really nice, something I could get my daughter, 15, to make. She loves baking and her cakes always turn out better than mine!
Lemon drizzle cake is my favourite but I’ve actually never had a go at making one. I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! #PoCoLo
This cake is the best! It’s a favourite in our house. Yours looks delicious!
I love lemon drizzle cake but have never tried making it myself! That might have to change, I may just give your recipe a go!
Lemon drizzle cake is our absolute favourite . We make it all the time , will definitely try this recipe over the weekend
Lemon drizzle cake is one of my favourite in the world after red velvet, love this easy recipe.
I love this cake, and my recipe is very similar to yours. I think I may make it this weekend. Lovely with a cup of tea
Lemon drizzle cake is the one I make the most at home for birthdays, Christmas etc as my family love it. It’s such an easy recipe as well x
Lemon drizzle cake is my absolute favourite cake! This looks so delicious, it’s definitely a recipe I could whip up with the kids at the weekend.
I love lemon drizzle cake and these are such pretty photos! We bake a lot and my children really enjoy baking too, it’s definitely something we have been doing more of during lockdown.