Two delicious recipes for you this week cappuccino cake and lemon drizzle. Okay so lemon drizzle is an English favourite but the lovely cirusyness always reminds me of the Mediterranean...
Cappuccino cake (we discovered this works brilliantly as a loaf or large cake but not as cup cakes!)
1tsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp instant coffee granules
225g melted butter
225g caster sugar
4eggs
225g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
Add a little hot water to the coffee and cocoa to make a thin paste then literally dump everything into a large bowl and whisk with an electric blender until well combined. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for around 35minutes, cool before adding the frosting...
100g white chocolate
50g butter
3tbsp milk
175g icing sugar
Melt chocolate butter and milk together in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, once melted beat in the sifted icing sugar gradually until you have a smooth paste, spread over the cake and chill. Dust with cocoa powder before serving.
Lemon Drizzle
175g butter
175g caster sugar
3 eggs
175g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
Finely grated zest of 2 lemons
Another easy one, just whiz everything together until smooth and bake at 170C for around 25-30 minutes until a knife comes out clean, pour over the drizzle whilst still warm...
Approximately 4tbsps of lemon juice
70g caster sugar
Zest of one lemon
Gently heat together in a pan but do not allow the mixture to boil or the sugar will burn, you should see the mixture starting to thicken a little and cling to the back of the spoon when all the sugar has all melted, don't let it get too syrupy or the pan will be a nightmare to wash up!!
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