When I bake this easy lemon traybake cake not only do I know it is going to taste lovely but I also know it will work hard for my family. This is a cake that:
- produces lots of portions (21 in total)
- is quick and easy to make and bake
- can be frozen and defrosts quickly
- is a good lunch-box cake (pack frozen portions in the morning and they’ll be defrosted by 12pm)
- can be iced for a more celebratory cake
- can have custard added to make it into a simple pudding
- can have stewed fruit and custard added to it and it becomes an even better pudding
- can be used for the base of a trifle too.
Ingredients
Cake tin needed is a 30cm x 23cm (12 x 9 inch) traybake or roasting tin
225g (8oz) butter softened
225g (8oz) caster sugar
275g (10oz) self-raising flour
2 level tsp baking powder
4 large egss
4 tbsp milik
grated zest of 2 lemons
- Preheat the oven to 180°c/fan 160°c/gas 4. Butter the tin then line the base with non-stick baking parchment
- Measure all the cake ingredients into a large bowl and beat until well blended. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and level the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes or until the cake has shrunk from the sides of the time and springs back when pressed in the centre with your fingertips. Leave in the tin to cool.
This sounds yummy Clare! I love anything lemon flavoured so will have to give it a go x
Lemon is such a lovely refreshing flavour. Its quite subtle in this as you only use the lemon rind but the kids like that it isn’t too much. Let us know how you get on with it and thank you very much for commenting. It’s always lovely to hear from those that read my ramblings. Clare xx
This was really easy to make, and not much mess. Great to make with the little ones.
I love the lemon flavour, and might try orange next time.
I will also be making two batches next time, so that my husband manages to try some when he comes back from work.
So yummy and easy, we loved it. Thanks Clare.xxx
Brilliant Amy. So glad you liked it and I love the idea of orange. Let us know how you got on. If you manage to take any photographs we’d love to see some. Just upload to the Grubby Little Faces facebook page. Thanks for reading and feeding back I really do appreciate it. Clare xxx