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18 of the best lemon cakes, bakes and desserts
by Lottie Huckle
published on 27 March 2017, last updated on 22 April 2022
Vibrant, refreshingly tart, and available throughout the year, lemon is a powerhouse ingredient that no home cook or baker would choose to be without. With its bold flavour, lemon is most often the star of the show in cakes and bakes (think the joy of a simple lemon drizzle) but can also be used to balance sweetness or to season other fruits to help them sing. From layer cakes to traybakes, biscuits to loaves, tarts to puddings, here are 18 of our favourite lemon bakes.
Layer cakes
Whole Lemon Cake with Lemon Cheesecake Icing
Mary Berry’s Apple and Lemon Sandwich Cake
Loaf cakes
Blueberry, Almond and Lemon Cake
Claire Ptak’s Lemon Drizzle Loaf
Slices, traybakes and bars
Lemonies
Lemon Drizzle Slices
Whole Lemon Bars
Mini cakes
Lemon and Poppy Seed Cupcakes
Ricotta, Lemon, Polenta Teacakes
Lemon Lava Cakes
Biscuits
Nadiya Hussain’s Lemon Basil Shortbread
Gluten-free Lemon Shortbread with Lemon and Blueberry Fool
Tarts
Amalfi Lemon Tart
Mary Berry’s Lemon Posset Tart with Fresh Raspberries
Puddings
Lemon and Passion Fruit Self-saucing Pudding
Nigella Lawson’s Warm Lemon and Elderflower Pudding
Blueberry and Lemon Bread Pudding
Vegan
Nigella Lawson’s Vegan Lemon Polenta Cake
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