As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This means I may earn a small commission if you use my affiliate links, but there's no extra cost for you!
One of my favourite flavours for a dessert (or anything sweet really) is lemon, and I really love it in this cake as it makes it so moist. I think lemon & raisin go really well together and of course having raisins in a cake makes it healthy, right?…
Ingredients (serves 6-8)
- 150g butter
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g self raising flour (plus a little extra)
- 3 eggs
- juice of 2 lemons
- zest of 1 lemon
- 200g raisins
Method
- Preheat oven to gas 5 / 375F / 190C, and grease & line the bottom of loaf tin.
- Mix together the butter and sugar until smooth & creamy.
- Add the flour & the eggs bit by bit and mix well.
- Add the lemon juice & zest and mix until well combined.
- (If you’re lazy like me you could just chuck all of the above in a stand mixer at once).
- In a separate mixing bowl, coat the raisins with the extra flour, this will stop them from sinking to the bottom of the cake.
- Mix the raisins into the cake mixture.
- Pour the mixture into a loaf tin then bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Leave to cool, or serve warm.
- Enjoy!
Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc, or its affiliates.
Love the sound of lemon with raisins, like you I'm obsessed with all things lemony. My Dad makes a lemon yoghurt cake that is amazing! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Hi Stacey, just a few words to say thankyou for your lemon and raisin cake recipe. My partner Prue and I wanted to bake something together to relieve the boredom of “Lockdown”. Prue is from New Zealand and they are a nation of cake lovers. We found your recipe and as we are both lemon fans we decided to have a go .After several weeks of being confined the biggest compliment I can pay to your cake is to say we have now made our third effort. We live in a small village on the North Hertfordshire/ Cambridgeshire border, at the moment things are very quiet and so we enjoy working together in the kitchen. Oh ! And by the way, our neighbour thinks it is absolutely delicious also. All the best and stay well.
Hi Keith, thanks for your comment! That’s so good to hear – I just fancy a slice of this myself now!