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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...

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

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I'm super excited to be doing a collaboration with my beautiful and talented friend Jaina @cocoaandsilk over on Instagram. The idea for this collaboration was birthdays, and Jaina's birthday is first up on the 25th of March. We decided that we would make something birthday-related with the main focus on amazing flavours. Jaina is a big fan of chocolate, salted caramel, peanut butter, mint chocolate and raspberries.  So, I decided to make this Chocolate Raspberry Cake to celebrate her birthday. This Chocolate Raspberry Cake is super moist with a delicious raspberry compote between the layers and is covered in sweet buttercream.  It is also decorated with buttercream and sprinkles to give it the birthday cake feel to it.  I also used bright colours as Jaina is a big fan of colourful things. I would like to thank Jaina for this opportunity as this is the first chocolate-layered birthday cake I have made.  Because of the collaboration, it really pushed me to st...