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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 loa...

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

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My beautiful friend Tammy @sweettoothcravingsandmore on Instagram asked me to be part of a Girl Scout Cookie Reinvention collaboration.  I'm excited to see what the other amazing bakers have baked.  Be sure to check out #girlscoutcookiereinventedcollab  To be honest with you all, I have never tasted a Girl Scout Cookie before but I did go onto the website to see what cookie flavours they had and from that I decided to reinvent one of their popular cookies - Thin Mints.   My reinvention of this cookie is more of a traditional looking cookie with peppermint flavour and added chocolate chips.  I also added some drops of green colouring for it to look like peppermint. These Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and so delicious with a lovely peppermint flavour which goes perfectly with the dark chocolate chips.  I'm not a big fan of peppermint flavour in desserts but these cookies have a lovely balance between the peppermint and chocol...