With so many hours to fill in lockdown, now is the time to brush up on your baking skills reckons pastry chef Ravneet Gill. Her debut cookbook, The Pastry Chef’s Guide, offers straightforward recipes and step-by-step instructions for mastering cookies, cakes, puddings, custard, creme pat and much more. Try your hand at her ultimate lemon loaf cake.
Nutrition Facts
Lemon loaf cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 411
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 88mg29%
Sodium 28mg1%
Potassium 62mg2%
Carbohydrates 72g24%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 56g62%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 451IU9%
Vitamin C 8mg10%
Calcium 23mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Lemon loaf cake
A light lemon loaf cake
Servings: 9
Calories: 411kcal
Equipment
- 900g/2lb loaf pan lined with baking parchment
- Stand mixer or hand-held electric whisk
- Mixing bowl
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 225 g caster sugar
- 75 g unsalted butter softened
- 100 ml double cream
- 180 g self-raising flour
- Pinch of fine salt
- Grated zest of 3 lemons
For the syrup:
- 75 g caster (superfine) sugar
- 100 ml plus 1 tbsp water
- Freshly squeezed juice of 2 lemons
For the icing:
- 200 g icing sugar plus more to taste
- Freshly squeezed juice of 1–2 lemons to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160°C fan/180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 and line a 900g/2lb loaf pan with baking parchment.
- Put the eggs and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or a mixing bowl. Beat together at a medium speed for three to five minutes until pale using the paddle attachment or a hand-held electric whisk. Don’t go mad and overwhip as this will affect the rise of the cake.
- Melt the butter completely in a saucepan, then remove from the heat and stir in the cream.
- Pour the cream and butter mixture slowly into the egg mixture and stir to by hand or at a low speed combine.
- Sift the flour and salt together, add to the egg mixture and fold through. Finally, fold in the lemon zest.
- Pour into the loaf pan and bake in the oven for 45–50 minutes until risen and golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, to make the syrup, put the sugar and water in a saucepan and heat gently, stirring a little, until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Allow to cool slightly.
- Allow the cake to cool in the pan until it’s no longer hot to the touch but is still slightly warm. Poke multiple holes in the top of the loaf with a skewer and then pour over the warm syrup evenly. Allow to cool completely in the pan.
- Make the icing by whisking together the icing sugar and lemon juice, adding more of less of each to taste. Brush this over the cooled cake and leave to set for 10 minutes. Turn out and serve! Store the loaf in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days or freeze for up to one month.
Nutrition
Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 28mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 451IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
The Pastry Chef’s Guide by Ravneet Gill is published by Pavilion Books. Photography Jessica Griffiths.
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