Lemon and Lime Drizzle Cake

This cake is a twist on the traditional lemon drizzle cake. It uses a combination of lemon and lime juice for an ultra zesty, light and fresh bake! It’s perfect for citrus lovers and has a bit of zing to it. Tastes fab served on it’s own or warm with some soya cream 🍋

Ingredients

Cake mix

• 220g gluten free self raising flour

• 225g dairy free butter

• 195g caster sugar

• 4 eggs

• Grated zest of 1 lemon

• Grated zest of 1 lime

• Juice of 1 lemon

• Juice of half a lime

Drizzle

• 140g granulated sugar

• Juice of 1 lemon

• Juice of half a lime

Topping

• Zest of 1 lime for decoration

Method

• Take your butter out of the fridge and let it reach room temperature (around 20-30 minutes)

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (fan)

• Whisk the butter and sugar together

• Add the eggs one at a time and slowly whisk

• Fold in the flour

• Mix in the lemon and lime zest + juice

• Bake for 35-40 minutes (you may need to cover the top with foil during the last 10 minutes to avoid the top burning)