The latest series of the Great British Bake Off continues this week as the contestants take on three more challenges.
On the menu this week are Viennese sandwich biscuits and a “minty family favourite”. For the showstopper, the contestants will be tasked with making their own biscuit puppet theatres.
If last week’s cake-themed episode got you feeling hungry, you may be looking for a quick and easy recipe for a sweet treat. Luckily, you can get in on the cake action with a simple lemon drizzle loaf cake, perfect for snacking on.
Cakes are usually oven-baked, but if you’re looking to save energy, why not give your air fryer a spin? BBC Good Food has shared a winning six-ingredient recipe for an air fryer loaf cake, reports the Mirror. You’ll need just a handful of common ingredients that are likely already in your pantry.
Here’s how to make an air fryer lemon drizzle cake.
Air-fryer lemon drizzle cake
Ingredients
- 250g butter, at room temperature
- 250g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 250g self-raising flour
- 3 lemons, zested and juiced
- 100g icing sugar
Method
Line a loaf tin with greaseproof paper. Tip the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, a pinch of salt and two-thirds of the lemon zest into a bowl, then beat with an electric whisk for four to five minutes until pale and fluffy.
Heat the air-fryer to 160C. Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin, smoothing the surface.
Cook in the air fryer for one hour to one hour and ten minutes. You can check if the cake is cooked all the way through by inserting a skewer in the centre that comes out clean.
If you’re worried your cake is getting too dark on top, cover it with foil. Once cooked, remove from the air fryer and leave to cool in the tin for five mins.
While the cake is cooling, combine the icing sugar, remaining lemon zest and just enough juice to make a smooth, pourable icing in a bowl. Carefully lift the warm cake out onto a wire rack set over a tray and poke deep holes all over the top using a skewer.
Slowly drizzle over the icing, letting it drip off the edges. Leave to set before serving.