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Gluten-free lemon drizzle cake

With a special surprise ingredient, this gluten-free lemon cake stays beautifully moist. To everyone’s amazement it’s mash potato!

lemon drizzle cake

Gluten-free lemon drizzle cake

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 8 serves
Course: Bakery
Cuisine: Baking, Gluten-free

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 200 gram butter softened
  • 200 gram golden caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 175 ground almond
  • 250 gram mashed potato
  • 3 lemon zest
  • 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
For the drizzle
  • 4 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 lemon juice

Method
 

The cake
  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
  2. Butter and line a deep, 20cm round cake tin.
  3. Beat the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, then gradually add the egg, beating after each addition.
  4. Fold in the almonds, cold mashed potato, lemon zest and baking powder.
  5. Tip into the tin, level the top, then bake for 40-45 mins or until golden and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  6. Turn out onto a wire rack after 10 mins cooling.
The drizzle
  1. Mix the granulated sugar and the lemon juice together, then spoon over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides.
  2. Let the cake cool completely before slicing.