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.
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Oh My Goodness this looks so good I can smell the Lemony scent.This is one of my favorite cakes.
The cake looks wonderful.
Would she like to share the recipe -please
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.
It was fluffy, lemony, and delicious. What more could one ask for.
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.
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.
I have a great love of Lemon, in all its states. Even my indigestion tabs are Lemon flavoured.
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
Oops sorry. I have just drooled all over your blog page.
Thanks for the recipe direction....I am intrigued as to how one would use a preserved lemon in a cake!
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.
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.
I'd wondered who was responsible. All cleaned up now!
He's not here today, nor was he yesterday, maybe he's away playing Football.
She didn't use my preserved ones; just a couple that were left-overs.
Yum, Yum!
My mother-in-law made a fabulous lemon glazed pound cake. It was always my husband's favorite.
Indeed.
Is that the same thing? Sounds delicious.
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.
Nothing. Not one thing more. Except to invite us all in for cake....
Add the word 'Lemon' to any dish, and I'm with you.
It's now nearly 4pm, and we've just had the last two slices... Sorry.
As a fan of anything lemon, I heartily approve...and wish I could come by for a piece!
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
That slice on the bottom looks especially delicious. The one with the rounded side.
What WOULD we do without Lemons!
That was interesting, it sounds as if they can be used exactly as Preserved Lemons. I will try it one day.
That's the piece I had a few seconds after taking the photo. The crispy edges are the best.
Yum yum.
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