Friday 14 May 2021

Cake!


I'm not a great consumer of Cake; my diabetes (and my doc') disallows it.

However, Lady Magnon is very adept at certain cakes, and I reluctantly (willingly) partake. Her Christmas Cake is legendary, and her Lemon Drizzle Cake would certainly win prizes at the village WI show.


I was recently preparing another batch of 'preserved Lemons', and had a couple of darlings left over. Lady M commandeered them, and produced the above.

She has now totally mastered the art of fine Lemon Drizzle Cake making. This particular example was light, fluffy, Lemony, and not too sweet; perfect. I do tend to like my cake slightly more cooked than recipes would suggest; I like the edges and bottom to be almost burned, but she refuses. She assures me that Mary Berry would have me shot.

We don't have a WI in Brighton, but were we to over-winter in a small English village, she would be a serious contender in the annual show's Lemon Drizzle Cake category. 

I should add that she kindly gave a couple of slices to our builder, Olivier, who may have described it to his wife as a Gateau au Bruine de Citron. He loved it.

31 comments:

  1. Oh My Goodness this looks so good I can smell the Lemony scent.This is one of my favorite cakes.

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    1. It is one of mine too. I'm not a cake-maker, but I believe they're not too difficult to make, and they taste wonderful.

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  2. The cake looks wonderful.

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    1. It was fluffy, lemony, and delicious. What more could one ask for.

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    2. Nothing. Not one thing more. Except to invite us all in for cake....

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    3. It's now nearly 4pm, and we've just had the last two slices... Sorry.

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  3. Would she like to share the recipe -please

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    1. It comes from Mary Berry's Baking Bible, and it's called Lemon Drizzle Traybake. Lady M uses less sugar for the batter, and less for the topping. Good luck.

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    2. Thanks for the recipe direction....I am intrigued as to how one would use a preserved lemon in a cake!

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    3. She didn't use my preserved ones; just a couple that were left-overs.

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  4. I'm not a cake-eater (for no reason than I just don't eat cake) but I have to say that looks delicious and if I did eat cake lemon drizzle cake would be near the top of my list.

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    1. I have a great love of Lemon, in all its states. Even my indigestion tabs are Lemon flavoured.

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  5. I’m not a great cake lover/eater but, when someone offers me some and I eat it, it’s delicious ! I’m not sure what that says about me … I’m just not drawn to cake or get excited by it … a lot of my family are the same. But, offer me crab or turbot and I go weak at the knees 😂🤣😂 XXXX

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    1. Many years ago I made an Olive and Bacon Cake which was wonderful. It sounds odd, but for a non-sugar-eater like me it was perfect.

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  6. Oops sorry. I have just drooled all over your blog page.

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    1. I'd wondered who was responsible. All cleaned up now!

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  7. Do you mean Olivier Giroud? He plays for Chelsea and France. I never imagined he would be a jobbing builder on the side. Plying strapping young lads with moist lemon cake seems suspicious to me.

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    1. He's not here today, nor was he yesterday, maybe he's away playing Football.

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  8. My mother-in-law made a fabulous lemon glazed pound cake. It was always my husband's favorite.

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    1. Is that the same thing? Sounds delicious.

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  9. Now you are writing about something I can relate to. I no longer make cakes but Lady M’s cake looks and sounds so good, I am tempted to make something small. Lemon in anything is always good.

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    1. Add the word 'Lemon' to any dish, and I'm with you.

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  10. As a fan of anything lemon, I heartily approve...and wish I could come by for a piece!

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  11. As a fellow lemon lover I can recommend boiled lemons

    https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/mar/21/my-secret-ingredient-boiled-lemons-claudia-roden-middle-east-mediterranean-recipes

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    1. That was interesting, it sounds as if they can be used exactly as Preserved Lemons. I will try it one day.

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  12. That slice on the bottom looks especially delicious. The one with the rounded side.

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    1. That's the piece I had a few seconds after taking the photo. The crispy edges are the best.

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