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What you need:

  • 175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
  • 1 level teaspoon Odlums Baking Powder
  • 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine
  • 125g/4oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3 tablespoons Milk
  • Finely grated rind of 1 Lemon
  • 25g/1oz Poppy Seeds (optional)

Icing

  • 175g/6oz Icing Sugar (sieved)
  • Juice of ½ Lemon

How to:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a roasting tin 1½"/4cm deep and approx 12"/30cm x 9"/23cm.
  2. Place flour, baking powder, butter/margarine, caster sugar, eggs, milk, lemon rind and poppy seeds (if used) into a mixing bowl and beat for about 2 minutes until mixture is smooth.
  3. Transfer to prepared tin and level the top with a spoon.
  4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch.
  5. Remove from oven and cool on a wire tray.
  6. When cold, mix lemon juice and icing sugar to form a stiff icing and spread over top of traybake. When set cut into squares.

Iced Lemon & Poppy Seed Traybake

CATEGORY: Weekly Recipe
COOK TIME: 20-25 mins
iced lemon traybake

What you need:

  • 175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
  • 1 level teaspoon Odlums Baking Powder
  • 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine
  • 125g/4oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3 tablespoons Milk
  • Finely grated rind of 1 Lemon
  • 25g/1oz Poppy Seeds (optional)

Icing

  • 175g/6oz Icing Sugar (sieved)
  • Juice of ½ Lemon

How to:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a roasting tin 1½"/4cm deep and approx 12"/30cm x 9"/23cm.
  2. Place flour, baking powder, butter/margarine, caster sugar, eggs, milk, lemon rind and poppy seeds (if used) into a mixing bowl and beat for about 2 minutes until mixture is smooth.
  3. Transfer to prepared tin and level the top with a spoon.
  4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch.
  5. Remove from oven and cool on a wire tray.
  6. When cold, mix lemon juice and icing sugar to form a stiff icing and spread over top of traybake. When set cut into squares.

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