Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Calling all lemon lovers.  This Lemon Drizzle Cake is the perfect bake for anyone who loves lemon in desserts or cakes.  This cake uses the whole lemon.  The zest is used in the cake and the lemon juice is used to make the lemon sugar syrup and the lemon icing.  You will definitely enjoy the lemon flavour right throughout the whole cake. A slice of this Lemon Drizzle Cake is lovely for afternoon tea or just because you love a slice of cake packed with lemon flavour.  It's so easy to make and the perfect cake to share with others without it being too sweet. Happy Baking xo Lemon Drizzle Cake Ingredients · 100 grams unsalted butter · 150 grams caster sugar · 150 grams self-raising flour · 2 eggs · 3 tablespoons milk · Zest of 2 lemons Lemon sugar syrup · 50 grams caster sugar · Juice of 2 lemons (reserve 1 tablespoon for icing) Lemon icing · 100 grams icing sugar · 1 tablespoon lemon juice  Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 180°C.  2. Grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper. 3. Cr

Coffee Kisses

I made these coffee biscuits awhile ago and thought I would make them again and share this recipe with you.  I'm sure there are many coffee lovers out there.

These coffee kisses smell amazing when they are baking in the oven.  The aroma of the coffee biscuits coming out of the oven smells like an Italian cafe.

I must say these coffee biscuits are more of an grown up biscuits.  They taste like a shortbread with a hint of coffee and they smell just like coffee.

I would recommend making these biscuits when the weather is a bit warmer as the mixture can be a bit firm and hard to pipe out of the piping bag on a cold day.


Happy Baking xo


Coffee Kisses

Ingredients

· 250 grams butter, softened
· ⅔ cups icing sugar
· 2 teaspoons instant coffee
· 2 cups plain flour

Filling

· 45 grams dark chocolate, melted
· Icing sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°c. Line two trays with baking paper.

2. Dissolve the instant coffee into 2 tablespoons hot water and allow it to cool.

3. Using an electric beater cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Stir in coffee mixture and flour and mix until combined.


5. Place mixture into a piping bag fitted with a medium star nozzle and pipe 2 to 3 cm rounds evenly spaced on the baking tray.

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

7. Allow biscuits to cool on tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a cool rack to cool completely.

Chocolate filling

8. Melt chocolate in microwave. Spread a bit of chocolate on half the biscuits and sandwich it with the remaining biscuits. Dust with icing sugar.

Tips

· It is important that the butter is soft as this makes it easier to cream the butter and sugar together. Also, it helps the mixture soften enough to pipe out the biscuits.

· Allow biscuits to cool completely before spreading the chocolate filling. Melt the chocolate just before icing the biscuits.








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Comments

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    1. Hi Shell, you can print by right clicking on your mouse or I'm happy to send you the recipe via email.

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    2. I would love to be able to print it as well. Right clicking doesn't give me the best options.

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    3. Hi Nicole, I hope to create a recipe card at some point. Sorry to hear you're having trouble with printing the recipe. Please check your email as I just sent you a copy of the recipe. Happy Baking.

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  2. Excellent cookie. I used a cookie press to pipe out the dough, much easier.

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    1. Thank you Janet for your lovely feedback, A cookie press press would definitely make it easier.

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    1. Hi there, unfortunately I don't freeze many of bakes as there's never any left over but I'm sure the dough will freeze well like other cookie dough. If you do freeze them would love to know how you go.

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  4. If we don't pipe can they be made as drop cookies?

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    1. Yes, they can be made as drop cookies but they will not have the swirl from the piping tip.

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    2. I made them as drop cookies and they flatten some with baking and then I dipped half in chocolate rather than making them sandwiched and it worked wonderful.

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    3. They sound delicious. Thank you for your feedback.

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  5. Please send me a copy of this recipe. It looks delicious. What is the equivalent for grams? Thank you

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    1. The recipe is at the bottom of this blog post. ⅔ cups icing sugar = approx 88gms, 2 cups plain flour = approx 300gm however, please note that the equivalent is for Australian baking cups as American or other countries differ slightly. Please do a Google search to help convert into grams. Hope that helps.

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  6. Love this cookie. Flavor is wonderful. Only comment is my piped shapes flattened out a bit so didn't look as attractive as yours. Any suggestions for retaining shape?

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    1. Happy to hear you love these coffee kisses. Thank you trying the recipe. As for the shape of the cookies, try piping the dough high and creating the swirl on top of the bottom instead of wide. Hope that helps.

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  7. Hi.. how long can the cookies last in air tight containers

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    1. You can store these cookies up to 4-5 days in air tight container.

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  8. Love to try these but I have a gluten allergy. Have you ever tried these with gluten free flours?

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    1. Unfortunately I have not tried these with gluten free flour but would love to know how you go if you do try it.

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  9. Do you have a download able version

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    1. Unfortunately there is current no downloadable version but you can print by right clicking on your mouse over the recipe.

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  10. Looks great wish there was a print button

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    1. Thank you for your comment. You can print by right clicking on your mouse over the recipe.

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  11. What kind of melting chocolate did you use for the filling😊?

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    1. Chocolate melts were used but you can also spread Nutella instead,

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  12. Can you freeze them.

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    1. Unfortunately I never have any leftover to freeze but you can freeze the baked cookies.

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  13. Can you use regularcoffee

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    1. You definitely can use regular coffee. Depending on how strong you want the coffee flavour add more or less.

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    2. Regular coffee grounds don’t dissolve. Your cookies will taste gritty. That’s why you should use instant. The grounds will completely dissolve

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    3. You would need to make the coffee first if using regular coffee grounds before adding it to the cookie mixture. Using instant coffee you would also need to dissolve it in some hot water before adding it to the cookie mixture too. Hope this helps

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  14. Made these today and they were delicious. Espresso shortbread ❤️

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  15. How many cookies are made?

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    1. It depends on how big you pipe each cookie but it makes approximately 24 cookies (12 full cookies with the chocolate filling)

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  16. Hello from the US! I made these for a Christmas cookie swap, they are pretty fantastic, I've never made anything like them. Sort of like a butter cookie but with that glorious coffee flavor. Thank you for sharing the recipe they turned out crisp but yet perfectly so, not too tough, not too soft. I'm not going to stick them together like a sandwich cookie, I'm going to make a dark chocolate ganache and just drizzle on the top. Lovely cookie!

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    1. Hello there, thank you so kindly for your lovely comment. I'm so glad you liked the cookies. The dark chocolate ganache sounds delicious drizzle over the top of the cookies.

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  17. These were absolutely divine. I love the texture, the flavor, and the appearance. This one’s definitely going to be a repeat for me.

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    1. Thank you so kindly for trying out this recipe. Love to see how they turned out if you have pictures of it.

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  18. I love this recipe and can't wait to make them. I do have one question, I am in the USA and our oven is in Fahrenheit, can I bake them at 350 degrees and if so for how long? Do I extend the baking time due to the conversion is 356 degrees to your 180 degrees C?

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    1. You can bake them at 350/356 Fahrenheit for the same amount of time as it should be about 180 degrees. Happy Baking Toni.

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  19. I tried this recipe to the T, however the biscuits fell flat not sure what went wrong. I have now put the second batch in the fridge to check if that might work.

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    1. Sorry to hear that the biscuits fell flat Gayle. One of the reasons this could of happened is that the butter used was melted instead of it being soft. The melted butter makes the biscuits spread more during baking resulting in flat biscuits. This recipe requires soften butter not melted butter. Hopefully you second batch was more successful as you chilled the dough in the fridge. Thank you for trying out my recipe.

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  20. Hi! Can you please write the amount of sugar and flour in grams too? Or what amount is a cup you use? Thank you!

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    1. 2/3 cup of icing sugar is about 107grams (1 cup icing sugar is 160grams) & 2 cups flour is 250grams (1 cup plain flour is 125grams). I’m located in Australia.
      Hope these measurements help.

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    2. Yes! Thank you very very much! 🥰

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    3. Would be great to be tagged in the photos you take of the Coffee Kisses. Happy Baking

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  21. Yum, we love coffee anything. Would this work using coffee from a K-Cup? Hate to buy Instant Coffee since we don't drink it.

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    1. Yes, the coffee for a K-Cup would work well. I sometimes use freshly brewed coffee instead of instant as well. Happy Baking

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  22. Icing sugar means? Powdred sugar?

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    1. Icing sugar is the same thing powdered sugar. Hope that helps, happy baking.

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  23. Could you use instant espresso powder instead of instant coffee?

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    1. You can definitely use espresso powder as it will give a lovely coffee flavour. Happy Baking 😊

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  24. I would love to make these tomorrow however everything is in grams

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    1. Hi Bonnie, here is the measurements in grams. ⅔ cups icing sugar = approx 88gms, 2 cups plain flour = approx 300gm however, please note that the equivalent is for Australian baking cups as American or other countries differ slightly. Please do a Google search to help convert into grams. Hope that helps.

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  25. I’d love to have this recipe also, thanks

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