I love drizzle cakes and this Lemon Drizzle Traybake is based on the Lemon Drizzle Cake that was always a favourite at the tea rooms.
When I was asked to sell some of my cakes and bakes at my local Crowborough Community Orchard‘s Blossom Day fund raising event recently, I was inspired to turn some of my existing cake recipes into traybakes. When making cakes for fund raising events I find traybakes are very practical. They are quick to make and very easy to portion and serve.
I already have Pear, Ginger and Walnut Traybake and Cherry Chocolate Cake Traybake recipes on the blog, which I made for last year’s for Crowborough Community Orchard’s Blossom Day. I have now added Carrot Cake Traybake, Cider and Apple Traybake and Raspberry and Lemon Drizzle Traybake, as well as the Lemon Drizzle Traybake here.
How I changed my cake recipes into traybakes!
Carrot Cake Traybake
For Blossom Day I decided to bake my Carrot Cake recipe as a traybake. I baked it in a 8 inch x 12 inch traybake tin. It took slightly longer to cook – 40 minutes rather than 35 and I only needed half the cream cheese icing, as I only iced the top of the cake. It cut into 12 generous portions.
Cider and Apple Cake Traybake
I also converted my Cider and Apple Cake recipe, cooking it in the 8 inch x 12 inch traybake tin, rather than a 9 inch cake tin. This time it took less time to bake – 45-50 minutes, rather than 1 ½ hours and again cut into 12 generous portions.
Raspberry and Lemon Drizzle Cake Traybake
The other cake I converted into a traybake was my Raspberry and Lemon Drizzle Cake. It took 45 minutes to bake – less time than a 9 inch cake and it cut into 12 generous pieces.
Lemon Drizzle Traybake
Although I do have a recipe for Lemon Cake on the blog, when I was looking through all of my cake recipes I realised that I had not shared with you my tea rooms recipe for Lemon Drizzle Cake – so look out for this in the future.
In the meantime here is the recipe for the traybake version:
Lemon Drizzle Traybake
12
servings15
minutes45
minutesIngredients
10 ounces / 285 grams / 1 ¼ cups butter (softened)
10 ounces / 285 grams / 1 ¼ cups caster sugar
5 large eggs
14 ounces / 400 grams / 2 ¾ cups self-raising flour
4 lemons – zest and juice (keep separate)
8 ounces / 225 grams / 1 cup granulated sugar
Directions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180°C / 160°C Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4
- Grease and line a traybake 8 inch x 12 inch tin.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.
- Fold in the flour and lemon zest.
- Scrape the mixture into the traybake tin and smooth out evenly.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for approximately 45 minutes until golden brown and well risen.
- While the cake is baking prepare the glaze (see the next step).
- Mix together the lemon juice and granulated sugar. You only want the sugar to partially dissolve so that the topping is crunchy.
- When ready remove the cake from the oven and pierce with a skewer in several places and spoon the glaze over the cake and leave in the tin until cold.
Summer Lemon Drizzle Traybake and other traybakes
As summer fêtes and fairs approach and you are asked for contributions for cake stalls, do try making this Lemon Drizzle Traybake – it went down very well at Blossom Day! It’s also well worth experimenting with some of your favourite cake recipes – they should mostly convert very well into traybakes.
Look out for some more traybake recipes coming soon!
Until next time happy baking!
Tanya
Love a traybake, these recipes look delicious. Have you come across Old-fashioned Sunday School Cake? Well, that’s what they call it in Wales, where we discovered it, but in Liverpool often just School Cake. A deep sponge traybake with a solid layer of white icing generously sprinkled with bright hundreds and thousands. So delicious.
No I haven’t heard of Sunday School Cake, but it does actually sound like something I used to have for a Sunday school treat!
Do you happen to have a recipe?
Thank you!
Mmm delicious!
Thank you!
Hi Tanya
I had family over and decided to make your Lemon Drizzle Traybake. It was absolutely delicious and would definitely recommend anyone to make it. It was a good 10 out of 10 – or even an 11!! I particularly liked the crunch to the lemon drizzle on the top. I think I will try the carrot cake traybake next weekend.
Hi Sally,
Thank you so much, I’m really pleased that you liked it.