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Lemon And Lime Drizzle Cake

September 6, 2016 · by munchiesandmunchkins · Leave a Comment

Today I have a really quick and easy recipe for you, a zesty and moist traybake. I love any cake which involves mixing all of the ingredients together in one go, they always appeal to my lazy side. This should take no more than 5-10 minutes of prep and then you can put your feet up with a cup of tea whilst you wait for your cake to bake.

Two weeks ago I decided to bake a lemon drizzle cake, a recipe I have made and changed numerous times over the years. On this occasion I decided to make a lemon and lime version, the reason for that being simply that I only had one lemon but a number of limes. That same night when my cake was cooling on the cake rack, I watched The Great British Bake Off and they were making drizzle cakes as the first challenge.. even stranger one of the contestants made a lemon and lime drizzle cake. Spooky hey?

Lemon & Lime Drizzle Cake

You will need:

Base:

200g softened butter
200g golden caster sugar
250g self raising flour
1.5tsp baking powder
4 eggs
60ml semi skimmed milk
zest of 1 lemon and 1 lime

Topping:

200g granulates sugar
juice of 1 lemon and 1 lime

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Preheat oven to gas mark 180c. Line/grease a tray bake tray. Blend all of your base ingredients together until smooth, it is easiest to use a blender but I will often beat with a wooden spoon as I find it therapeutic. Pour into your tray and bake for 30-35 minutes until cooked through and the sponge bounces back slightly. Leave to cool slightly but not completely – it needs to be warm to absorb the drizzle.

For the drizzle topping mix your lemon juice and sugar together and pour over your warm cake. Leave to cool until the cake has a crunchy topping. Cut into squares and serve.

  • These foil trays that you can pick up really cheaply in the supermarkets are great for traybake, the perfect size and also great if you want to transport them to an event or into work for your colleagues.

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Banana, Coconut and Dark Chocolate Traybake

March 22, 2014 · by munchiesandmunchkins · 4 Comments

Am I the only person who deliberately leaves bananas go bad so that I can bake with them? I’m a lover of banana bread, peanut butter and banana muffins and now this.

Banana, Coconut and Dark Chocolate Traybake

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This is a combo of a few different recipes I have used over the years for banana bread and tray bakes with some extra bits like coconut added in.

I love tray bakes as they are so easy. Typically the recipes us an all in one method so you’re not faffing about with creaming butter/sugar etc and they can be cut into squares so easy to serve and store. Great for parties or just to munch on at home.

You will need:

2 very ripe bananas
150g plain flour
150g caster sugar
100g butter
30g of sweet desiccated coconut
3 tbsp milk
100g dark choc bar bashed to pieces
1 tsp bicarb of soda
1tsp baking powder
2 large eggs ( free range)

Grease your baking dish. I use a rectangular pyrex dish. Preheat oven to gas mark 3.

Firstly chop or bash your dark chocolate – I use a heavy rolling pin to break it up whilst still in packaging to avoid mess.

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Then put all ingredients into a mixing bowl or electric mixer. I use an Andrew James mixer which is similar to a kitchen aid.
If mixing by hand use a wooden spoon and beat well. If using a mixer turn to the highest speed and blend for 1-2minutes.

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Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Turn onto a cooling rack ( if you don’t want the rack impressions turn it to the correct side – I like them so I don’t) and leave to cool.

Once cooler chop into squares – the size is up to you! If you eat it while still warm you will get some gorgeous chunks of melted choc,

You could top with melted dark choc and coconut – this would be lovely if making for an occasion. I like it just as it is.

The sweetness of the banana works so well with the bittersweet chocolate. One of my favourite bakes already and I’ve only made it three times.

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