Lemon Drizzle Traybake - Mary Berry's Recipe

This is one of my favourite cakes. It is really easy to make and tastes great. You need to add the topping to the cake while the cake is still warm. It will then absorb the lemon syrup easily. If the cake is too hot the syrup will tend to run straight through.


Ingredients

225g softened butter
225g caster sugar
275g self-raising flour
2 level teaspoons baking powder
4 large eggs
4 tablespoons milk
finely grated rind of 2 lemons

For the crunchy topping:
175g granulated sugar
juice of 2 lemons


Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 3, 160°C (Fan 140°C).
2. Grease a 20 x 20cm tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.
3. Measure all the ingredients from the traybake into a large bowl and beat until well blended. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and level the top gently with the back of a spatula.
4. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 50-60 minutes or until the cake has shrunk from the sides of the tin and springs back when pressed in the centre with your fingertips.
5. Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes then turn out, carefully peel of the parchment and finish cooling on a wire rack.
6. To make the crunchy topping, mix the granulated sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl to give a runny consistency.
7. Stand the wire rack on a tray to catch any drips of the topping.
8. Spoon the lemon syrup evenly over the traybake while it is still a little warm.
9. Cut into 30 squares when cold.
10. Can be stored in greaseproof paper and in an air-tight container.

Healthy Granola Bars - under 100 calories each!

 



There are many 'so called' healthy bars on offer in supermarkets however when you look at the ingredients they are normally full of refined sugar or glucose syrup. There has been a recent craze of breakfast bars and these are full of sugar! Basically refined sugar is bad for your health.

 

These bars are designed to give you a slow release of energy through the oats, nuts and seeds. The only sweet element comes from the fruit and a small amount of honey (a natural sweetener).

 

Makes 8 Granola Bars

 

Ingredients

 

100g Oats

30g Whole Almonds

15g Pumpkin Seeds

15g Sunflower Seeds

2 teaspoons Organic Cinnamon

3 tablespoons Apple Juice

 

4 Apricots (optional)

4 Prunes/Dates

30g Raisins

2 tablespoons of melted Honey

3 tablespoons of Apple Juice

 

 

Method

 

1. Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 6, Fan 180°C, 200°C.
2. Mix together in a bowl the oats, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon & apple juice.
3. Place a sheet of baking paper onto a baking tray.
4. Spread the above oat mixture out onto the baking paper.
5. Put into the oven for 10 minutes, mixing the oat mixture half way.
6. While the oat mixture is in the oven, cut the apricots in half and then into small chunks. Then cut the prunes/dates into very small pieces (the smaller the better).
7. Once the oat mixture is baked, put the oat mixture back into the bowl.
8. Add the apricots, prunes/dates, raisins, melted honey and apple juice to the oat mixture.
9. Mix it all together.
10. Then cut out a square piece of baking paper. In the middle of the baking paper add a small line of mixture.
11. Then squeeze the mixture together to resemble a log (about 6-7cm long) and to make sure the mixture is forced together.
12. Then place the bars onto the baking paper on the baking tray, used to make the oat mixture.
13. Once all 8 bars are on the baking paper, if you like cinnamon, sprinkle a little over the bars.
14. Bake the bars for 30 minutes, after 15 minutes turn the bars over to bake the other side.
15. Once baked, remove from the oven and place onto a wire rack to cool.
16. Once cool you can store in a box or place two of them in food bags into the freezer for a quick snack.

 

Lactose Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Sugar Free, Wheat Free, Yeast Free, Vegetarian.