成人快手

by Becca Spry

This wonderfully simple lemon drizzle cake recipe is super-quick to prepare and perfect for weekend baking with the kids. This recipe makes a lemon drizzle loaf, but if you want to make a lemon cake in a different shape, try our cake calculator.

Cakes and baking

Buyer's guide

Lemons can be bought waxed or unwaxed. Waxed are fine if you鈥檙e just using the juice. Choose unwaxed lemons if you鈥檙e planning to use the zest, or give your waxed lemons a good scrub with a vegetable brush to remove the wax.

Preparation

Squeeze lemon juice onto free-range chicken before roasting, over saut茅ed courgettes or freshly boiled broad beans, or into sauces and soups - it will highlight flavours inherent to these dishes. Lemon zest knocks the socks off so many other flavourings: knock up an Italian gremolata - finely grated lemon zest mixed with finely chopped parsley and garlic - and sprinkle over any number of savoury dishes minutes before serving. Use a potato peeler or a zester to remove the zest, taking care not to remove any of the white pith along with it, as it鈥檚 very bitter.