Lemon Drizzle Cake

Name: Lemon Drizzle Cake | Slimming & Weight Watchers Friendly
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 50 g Self Raising Flour; 3 tbsp Granulated Sweetener; 2 Lemons; 5 Eggs

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Serves 8
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Whether you're counting calories or following a diet plan like Weight Watchers, there's no need to miss out on cake with our slimming-friendly Lemon Drizzle Cake!

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NutritionPer Serving

Calories73
Carbs6g
Protein5g
Fat3g
Saturates1g
Sugars1g

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What diets is this Lemon Drizzle Cake suitable for?

This recipe is suitable if you’re gluten free as long as you swap out the following ingredients for gluten free versions;

Gluten free flour

You could also enjoy this Lemon Drizzle Cake if you’re dairy free.

Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.

Do you need any special ingredients to make this Lemon Drizzle Cake?

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You can buy all of the ingredients for this recipe in a standard supermarket – there is nothing unusual in the recipe at all!

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‘Amazing taste for very few calories. Lovely with a cuppa or as a pudding with fat free yogurt and some berries.’

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You will need a small loaf tin to cook this in. You’ll be able to pick one up in most large supermarkets, or online from Amazon.

How many calories are in this Lemon Drizzle Cake?

There are 73 calories in each portion of our slimming friendly Lemon Drizzle Cake. This means it falls into our Everyday Light recipe category.

This recipe is perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.

As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180ºC and spray a 1lb loaf tin with Low Calorie Cooking Spray and line with baking parchment.

Step 2

Remove the zest from the lemons using a hand grater and separate the egg whites from the yolks.

Step 3

Mix together the flour, 2 1/2 tbsp of granulated sweetener, the lemon zest, juice of 1 lemon and 5 egg yolks.

Step 4

In another bowl whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.

Step 5

Gently fold the egg whites into the flour and egg yolk mixture, until they are mixed evenly.

Step 6

Pour the mixture into the lined loaf tin.

Step 7

Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180ºC until golden brown or until the knife comes out clean. Don’t be tempted to check it before 25 minutes or the cake will sink!

Step 8

While the cake is cooking mix the remaining sweetener with the juice of the other lemon and heat on low in a sauce pan.

Step 9

When the cake is done (to check insert a knife and it should come out clean) remove it from the oven, turn the heat down to 100ºC then pour the lemon syrup over the top of the cake and put it back in for another 10 minutes.

Step 10

Leave to cool, and then cut into 8 equal slices.

Can you cook this Lemon Drizzle Cake another way?

This cake needs to be baked as per the instructions in the method below.

How do you know when this Lemon Drizzle Cake is cooked?

This Lemon Drizzle Cake is cooked when a skewer is pushed into the cake and is comes out clean. The cake should be golden brown.

This should take approx 25 minutes in the oven.

Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.

How long can you keep this Lemon Drizzle Cake for?

You should keep this Lemon Drizzle Cake in and airtight container.

It won’t last as long as normal cake because it doesn’t contain any fat, but it should keep for around 3 days.

Can I freeze Lemon Drizzle Cake?

Yes you can! This recipe can be frozen, but please remember to do the following;

Freeze it as soon as it is cold enough.
Use a container or bag that is suitable for freezing.

Don’t forget to add a label with what it is, and on what date you put it in the freezer!

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