This week I am going to help out at a charity event that also has a drone flying show which is the main reason I’m going.
I asked the guy who is planning and running the event whether I could make something to take with me for them to sell at their cake sale. He said sure, the more the merrier. I decided to make two recipes, this recipe and Flapjacks.
This recipe is just such a classic that I hoped it would be a hit at the charity event and it certainly was.
I added some lemon curd to this traybake mainly to be honest because I had some and I wanted to use it up but it did ensure the sponge didn’t dry out while it was baking.
Lemon Drizzle Traybake
Servings 16 squares
Ingredients
Traybake
- 225 g Butter softened
- 225 g Caster Sugar
- 275 g Self-Raising Flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 4 Eggs
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 2 Lemons Zest and Juice
- Lemon Curd
Topping
- 175 g Icing Sugar
- 1 Lemon Juiced
Instructions
- Cut a rectangle of non-stick baking parchment to fit the base and sides of a traybake tin.
- Grease the tin and then line with the paper, pushing it neatly into the corners of the tin. Pre-heat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3.
- Measure all the ingredients for the traybake into a large bowl and beat well for about 2 minutes until well incorporated
- Turn the mixture into the prepared tin, scraping the sides of the bowl with a plastic spatula to remove all of the mixture. Level the top gently with the back of the spatula.
- Bake in the middle of the pre-heated oven for about 35-40 minutes or until the traybake springs back when pressed lightly with a finger in the centre and is beginning to shrink away from the sides of the tin.
- Allow the traybake to cool in the tin for a few minutes then lift the traybake out of the tin still in the lining paper.
- Carefully remove the paper and put the traybake onto a wire rack placed over a tray (to catch drips of the topping).
- To make the crunchy topping, mix the lemon juice and granulated sugar in a small bowl to give a runny consistency.
- Spoon this mixture evenly over the traybake whilst it is still just warm. Cut into about squares when cold.
