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Time: 45 mins

Serves: 8

Madeira cake with lemon and poppy seeds topped with candied lemons & sherbet syrup!
I've never really followed the Great British Bake Off before but I'm super into baking at the moment so I thought I'd bake along with the show. The first challenge was a madeira cake which was pretty plain, so I decided to spice mine up with lemon sherbets and candied lemons.

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published 12th August 2015 • See Cat Morley's 1145 projects »

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Cat Morley published her project Lemon Sherbert Madeira Cake 12 Aug 11:20

Step 1
Whisk together the butter, sugar and eggs.
Step 2
Grate in the zest from the lemon and add the poppy seeds.
Step 3
Mix in the flour, ground almonds and vanilla.
Step 4
Spread the batter into a lined baking tin.
Step 5
Bake for 50 minutes at 180'C until golden.
Step 6
While the cake is baking, cut the lemon into thin slices.
Step 7
Crush the lemon sherbet candies with a mortar and pestle.
Step 8
Add the sugar to the powdered candies.
Step 9
Heat the water, crushed candies and sugar in a small saucepan until they have dissolved.
Step 10
Bring the syrup to a simmer.
Step 11
Add the lemon slices and simmer for 15 minutes.
Step 12
Fish the lemon out and place on a sheet of baking paper to harden.
Step 13
Remove the remaining syrup from the heat.
Step 14
Drizzle the syrup over your cake and place the candied lemons on top.
Step 15
Sprinkle with toasted blanched almonds.
Step 16
Top with fresh raspberries.
Step 17
Dust with icing sugar and serve!