Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake
A British-style lemon drizzle loaf: a buttery lemon sponge soaked while warm with a tangy lemon and sugar syrup that sets into a crisp, crackly top. Simple, bright and good with tea.
At a glance: This easy baking recipe yields 10 servings in about 2h 10m (20 min prep, 50 min cook). It uses 11 ingredients — including unsalted butter, granulated sugar, eggs — and walks through 7 steps. Updated . Browse more baking recipes or return to all gluten-free recipes.
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Cross-Contamination Warning for Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake: When preparing this baking recipe, flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Gluten-Free Notes for Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake: The lemon sponge uses a gluten-free all-purpose flour blend and xanthan gum instead of flour that contains gluten. Use baking powder and a flour blend labeled gluten-free.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Tips & Notes
- Pour the drizzle over the lemon drizzle cake while it is still hot from the oven. The warm crumb soaks up the syrup, and the undissolved sugar sets into a crunchy top.
- Zest the lemons before juicing them, and beat the zest with the butter and sugar. The rubbing releases the lemon oils into the cake.
- Keep the lemon drizzle cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. It stays moist because of the syrup.
Common questions
What cross-contamination risk is specific to Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake?
Check unsalted butter, softened, granulated sugar, for the cake, eggs, at room temperature before they go into Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Which gluten-free swaps does Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake use?
Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake relies on 1 1/2 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour blend and 1/2 tsp xanthan gum. Keep those gluten-free-labeled products in place of a gluten-containing flour or sauce.
How should leftover Gluten-Free Lemon Drizzle Cake be stored?
Keep the lemon drizzle cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. It stays moist because of the syrup.
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