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By Anna, 2 July, 2010 11:13 am

Oooh I love the sharpness of lemon drizzle cake – the sharpness contrasting with the sweet tender crumb, the sticky syrup that drenches it and I’m helpless to resist crystallised rose petals and violets. This is a Nigella Lawson recipe and it works perfectly every time.

I haven’t got a picture of it sliced because I made it for Alex’s school Summer Fair ‘Guess the weight of the cake’ competition. I was about to start when it hit me. It’s a loaf cake made in a 450g tin. Oh dear. That would kind of give the weight away, non? So I got out my long tin (30x11cm), did 1½ quantity and all was well.

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By Anna, 21 October, 2009 8:20 pm

Are these muffins or are they cupcakes? I’m not sure. Let’s say they’re a cakey muffin that keeps well and gets stickier as time goes on. It is such a quick recipe with a great reward in terms of taste and texture and easy enough to get the kids helping with too.

We have decided that they can take quite big chunks of chocolate in them, but a mixture of chunks and chips is nice. I’m thinking they could take a filling too, but haven’t decided which direction to go with on it. Hmmm. These are so nice – do give them a go.

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