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Raspberry loaf cake

By: Tom Shingler
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Published: 12 Sep 22
Updated: 18 Mar 24

A simple raspberry loaf cake is a beautiful thing – easy to make, easier to eat and ready for whatever flavourful additions you fancy. We’ve opted for raspberries in this recipe, but you could easily swap them out for any other berries and/or chocolate.

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Easy
September 2022

Test kitchen approved

Serves 6-8
Hands-on time 15 min, oven time 35 min

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Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 463kcals
Fat: 23.7g (13.9g saturated)
Protein: 6.9g
Carbohydrates: 54.6g (35g sugars)
Fibre: 1.8g
Salt: 1g

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Ingredients

200g unsalted butter, plus extra to grease
200g caster sugar
4 medium free-range eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
Finely grated zest and juice 1 lemon
200g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp fine sea salt
200g raspberries, plus extra to decorate
70g icing sugar

You’ll also need…

1lb loaf tin (500g loaf tin)

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Method

Heat the oven to 180°C fan/gas 6 and grease and line a 1lb loaf tin with butter and baking paper.
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together with an electric whisk. Add the eggs one at a time, ensuring each one is incorporated before adding the next, then stir in the vanilla extract and lemon zest. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, then fold through the mixture followed by 150g of the raspberries. Pour the batter into the lined tin, then bake for 35-40 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
While the cake bakes, make the icing. Mash together the remaining raspberries with the icing sugar and the lemon juice, then scrape through a fine sieve to remove the seeds. Allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes, then turn it out of the tin and set aside on a wire rack to cool completely. Once cool, drizzle over the icing, then decorate with fresh raspberries.