Hello everyone today I am showing you how
to make the most fantastic gorgeous lemon
drizzle cake hello everyone it is becky here
and it is Tuesday which is a becky bakes day
barry put up a new schedule at the weekend
so Tuesdays are going to be my day for baking
Thursday will be his day for cooking and Sunday
will be the funday so today this lemon drizzle
cake is going to taste so good it is one of
my favourites and the girls love it too it
is a personal fave of mine I cannot wait for
this, I am feeling quite professional today
not sure if you can hear it I have this microphone
you can probably hear it, that is your shoulder
I like the little pack on my back too I feel
like a pro, but yeah lets get on with it this
is how you do it. First step we are going
to do is grease and line the loaf tin we have
here so I have just got a bit of butter on
a butter wrapper and am going to grease it
all around the sides and bottom, so after
greasing with my butter I put the greaseproof
paper in and I kind of had to cut around the
edges a bit to make it all fit in, so I am
just bringing the ingredients over remember
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find the detailed method and quantities of
ingredients on the my virgin kitchen website
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you will see the video there first, first
step we add in the flour, followed by the
caster sugar, baking powder, in goes our butter
this butter is room temperature so nice and
soft we can beat it together easy, now add
in the eggs one at a time, oh third and final
egg and a massive piece of shell went in too
oh dear, yep no more shell all gone. Final
ingredient and probably the most important
we are going to zest a lemon and squeeze in
lemon juice too I am using a whole lemon but
if you are not a fan of lemon which if you
are making a lemon drizzle cake you probably
are not sure why you would make one if you
are not a fan of lemon but you could use just
half the lemon and not worry about using the
other half or lemon juice now we slice the
lemon in half and squeeze the lemon juice
into the cake right you can do the trick if
you like put the hand under and catch the
pips there we go we do not want those in the
cake, now all our ingredients are in the bowl
we beat together so we have a nice creamy
mixture make sure your mixture is nice and
combined instead of using a spatula you may
want to use a hand mixer as it is not as easy
as I thought to cream together, I do not know
why I am using a spatula today I guess because
on my last video I used it to show you anyone
can do it if you do not have a hand mixer
but it is tough and hard work I would recommend
investing in a hand mixer if you have not
got one already I am really happy with that
it is really smooth and combined now it is
time to get it in the tin, in the batter goes,
to the loaf tin, just want to make sure we
scoop all the mixture out and do not leave
any batter behind, make sure you scoop every
bit out then just level off, in it goes even
the batter smells good this cake is going
to be amazing.
It is going in the oven for 35 minutes you
want to make sure the sides are coming slightly
away from the tin and when you put a cocktail
stick in the middle it comes out clean. Look
at this it has come out the oven and smelling
amazing and smelling good too, I think boston
can smell it too he is down there and amy
well she is not interested and fast asleep
while we make our icing we leave our cake
in the tin and all we need is the juice of
one lemon and our sugar and we are just going
to squeeze the juice into the sugar and mix
together I got one lemon sliced in half squeeze
that into the sugar oh gosh it is going everywhere,
I am sure you have some gadget somewhere that
makes this easier yeah there is probably one
in the gadget box ah I have a cut on my finger
ah that is not funny it stings, I do not recommend
catching lemon juice when you have a cut on
your hand give it a good mix together until
you have a shiny glaze this is going to stick
to the cake look at that, my cake is ready
and my glaze is ready I cannot wait to get
this onto the cake now at the minute I know
poke cakes poke cakes that sounds weird poke
ok I have never heard of that well poke cakes
are really popular at the moment all it is
poking a bamboo skewer through the cake and
pushing a little icing and the sponge soaks
up all the icing and makes it really moist
and the flavour is going to be amazing but
all I am going to do today is pour the glaze
over the top of the cake, all that is left
to do now is transfer the cake onto a wire
rack and oh my goodness it is looking amazing
I cannot wait to try this, just need to cut
some slices out now.
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Chloe has lost her appetite so she is sat
with amy I have eaten enough food so I am
leaving it up to these two. Ready you go first,
that is really good, amazing, remember if
you give this a go send us your pictures we
love to see your attempts of this but for
now that is it and we will see you next time,
bye!
