Monday Bake - Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake

When I left home the first baking tin I bought was a 2lb loaf tin.  I'm still using the same one and this is probably the baking tin I use the most.   Having thought about setting up a blog for a while I decided to make my first few Monday Bake posts about loaf cakes. 

Ingredients:
175g margarine, softened
175g caster sugar
3 large eggs
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g self raising flour - sifted
zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1 lemon
50g caster sugar

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180c/Fan 160c/GasMark4
Line a 2lb loaf tin with a loaf tin liner (I use Lakeland)

Place the margarine and sugar in a large bowl.

Cream the margarine and sugar with an electric whisk until light and creamy.
Add the eggs one at a time beating well between each one.

Add the lemon zest, milk and vanilla extract and beat again.
Fold in the flour.

Spoon into the tin and cook for about 55 minutes.
As soon as the cake goes in the oven mix the lemon juice and sugar in a small jug. 
Leave near the oven stirring every so often to dissolve the sugar.
When the cake is cooked (when an inserted skewer comes out clean - if it doesn't pop 
the cake back in the oven for another 5 minutes - then check again  - repeat as necessary) 

Leave it in the tin and immediately prick the cake with a skewer several times and spoon
over the drizzle.
Leave to cool in the tin.

Slice and enjoy!

Thanks for visiting, hope to see you back here soon. 

Bakebakegirl.

Todays top three random Ipod songs:

1. Gotye - Somebody I Used To Know
2. Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens
3. The Beloved - The Sun Rising