Raspberry and limoncello drizzle cake

Name: Raspberry and limoncello drizzle cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 250 g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 250 g caster sugar; 1 unwaxed lemon, zest and juice; 4 medium free range eggs; 250 g self-raising flour; ½ tsp fine sea salt; 6 tbsp whole milk; 150 g pack raspberries; 100 g demerara sugar; 60 ml limoncello

Lemon drizzle cake goes on holiday. Swap in blueberries or blackberries if you like; they’re also happy partners to limoncello.

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Vegetarian

Serves12
CourseCake
Prepare20 mins
Cook35 mins
Total time55 mins
Pluscooling

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250g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
250g caster sugar
1 unwaxed lemon, zest and juice
4 medium free range eggs
250g self-raising flour
½ tsp fine sea salt
6 tbsp whole milk
150g pack raspberries
100g demerara sugar
60ml limoncello

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Grease and line a 30x20cm baking tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, use an electric hand mixer to beat together the butter and caster sugar for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy, then beat in the lemon zest. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until combined.
Sift over the flour and salt, then gently fold in until just combined. Gently stir in the milk and raspberries. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 30-35 minutes until risen, golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Just before the cake comes out of the oven, make the soaking mixture. In a bowl, mix the lemon juice with the demerara sugar and limoncello.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, pierce it all over with a skewer or fork. Spoon the limoncello mixture over the top. Allow to cool completely in the tin before slicing to serve.

Cook’s tip

Icing the cake

In a bowl, mix 50g icing sugar with 1 tsp water until it reaches a drizzling consistency. Once the cake has completely cooled, drizzle over the icing, then scatter with 1 tbsp freeze-dried raspberries and the pared zest of 1 unwaxed lemon.

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