Lemon / orange drizzle cake

MaggieBaking

Well, I wouldn't drizzle the cake if you're going to put a fondant covering over it... But if you wanted to soak the cake in a lemon syrup I guess you could - but just try and be a bit more accurate pouring it over the holes rather than all over the top.

However, it's normally traditional when you're making a decorative cake to use as firm a cake as possible to help support it and keep the corners neat in the edges - eg, the American's quite often make a pound cake.

It normally goes - thick cake > crumb coating > butter cream layer > fondant. I've skipped one or two of these stages before but in my opinion doing all three really gives you the best and sharpest result, and I wonder as it's a novelty shape whether it'd be wise to do these? This means you need to start very early or the day before though which is a bit of a pain.

Grimbal

hmmm, ok, maybe a rethink then. I was just hoping to do a flavoured cake rather than a plain madeira - any ideas for a firmer type one with a flavour? The shape isn't going to be too complex- effectively just a "Y" shape, so I'm hoping that fondanting over won't be too tricky?

themull1

maybe a lemon madeira with buttercream and lemon curd inside? or chocolate with choc buttercream?

rosie383

Why not add lots of lemon zest to the mix, and I second the lemon curd sandwich idea. Are you making your own fondant? If so, can you use some lemon juice rather than water in the recipe?

ragz_2

There's a good lemon cake recipe on the good food site, they used it as a layer in a wedding cake. It's basically a dense Lemon Drizzle cake, as it still uses a lemon syrup so sounds like what you want. I made the chocolate layer a few weeks ago and it was amazing so I'm thinking the Lemon one would be good too.

zippychick

as this has dropped down the board ive merged it with our drizzle cake thread

Zip

Birdy12

Could one of you lovely people point me in the direction of a recipe for lemon drizzle cake on here, please.

Many thanks, Birdy

Chipie_2

I use a sucessful one, always moist inside. BBC Goodfood Lemon Drizzle Cake http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4942/lemon-drizzle-cake :j

Sunnyday

Birdy12 wrote: »

Could one of you lovely people point me in the direction of a recipe for lemon drizzle cake on here, please.

Many thanks, Birdy

Hi Birdie,

there`s a good one here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=4520997&postcount=2 its on the first page of the grocery challenge thread.

HTH

SD

squeaky

Plenty of options in this thread too:- Lemon / orange drizzle cake


I'll add this thread to that one later to help keep all the answers in one place.

Good luck