Wat toevallig, ik wil vanavond of morgen ook een cake maken met citroenen. Misschien is die ook wat voor jou? Komt uit het Hummingbird bakboek. Ik heb hem al eens eerder gemaakt. Het is wel een erg zoete cake. Zie hieronder voor het recept.
Lemon Loaf
Ingredients
320 g caster sugar
3 eggs
grated zest of 2 unwaxed lemons
350 g plain four
1,2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
250 whole milk (maar dit kan je vast vervangen door een andere soort melk)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
200 g unsalted butter, melted
lemon syrup
freshly squeezed juice and zest of 1 lemon
50 gr caster sugar
Preheat the oven to 170 graden.
Put the sugar, eggs and lemon zest in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachement and beat until well mixed. (or use a handheld electric whisk)
sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a separate bowl. Combine the milk and vanilla extract in another bowl. Add one-third of the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and beat well, then beat in one-third of the milk mixture. Repeat this process twice more until everything has been added. Turn the mixer up to high speed and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
Turn the mixer down to low speed, pour in the melted butter and beat until well incorporated.
Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until golden brown and the sponge bounces back when touched.
For the lemon syrup: While the cake is baking, put the lemon juice and zest, sugar and 100 ml water in a small saucepan and bring to the boil over low heat. Raise the heat and boil until it has reduced by half, o runtil it has a thin syrup consistency.
When the hot cake comes out of the oven, put it on a wire cooling rack in the sink and pur the syrup all over the top. The excess syrup will run over the edges into the sink. Leave to cool slighly in the tin before turning out onto the wire cooling rack to coool completely.