I love lemon flavoured cakes and desserts but I like them to have a really strong lemon flavour so this lemon cake is only going to be the one for you if you really appreciate the tangy fruit too!

The icing is optional as even without, the cake is very lemon-y!

The temperature for the cake is 170°C and it really needs to be no higher, as you can see from the picture my cake got slightly too done on the outside because I wanted to double up and bake it at the same time as a brown bread loaf so everything went in at 180°C – I won’t be making that mistake again!

Ingredients :

• 175g sugar
• 120g melted butter
• zest of two lemons
• 3 eggs
• 150g flour
• Juice of two lemons (approx 80g)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

For the icing :

• 125g icing sugar
• 25g lemon juice

Method :

1. Pre-heat oven to 170°C
2. Melt the butter in the microwave
3. Mix the butter and sugar together
4. Add the lemon zest and then the eggs, one by one mixing well after each one
5. Mix in the flour and baking powder
6. Pour in the lemon juice and mix well
7. Pour the mixture into a greased 1lb loaf tin and bake for 40 mins at 170°C (it may need 5 minutes more or less depending on your oven)
8. When the cake is cooked remove from the tin and wrap immediately in clingfilm while waiting for it to cool, this will keep the cake lovely and moist!
9. Whisk the icing sugar with the lemon juice
10. Remove the cake from the clingfilm and place on a grill
11. Cover the cake with the icing and leave for a few moments for the icing to harden
12. Eat!

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Its another loaf recipe – easy, versatile and perfect for the “goûter” I tend to use my loaf tin more than any other in the kitchen. This recipe is perfect for the autumn season as apples and walnuts are plentiful.

Ingredients :

• 150g softened butter (I just melt it in the microwave)
• 150g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 200g flour
• Teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of bread soda
• Pinch of salt
• 50g raisins (pre-soaked in hot water to plump them up!)
• 60g walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 200g grated apple (2 apples)

Method :

1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C
2. Beat the eggs and sugar
3. Add the flour, baking powder, bread soda, salt and cinnamon
4. Mix in softened butter
5. Add grated apple, raisins and walnuts
6. Pour into cake tin
7. Bake in pre-heated oven for 50 minutes at 180°C

This is really just a variant of the French Yoghurt Cake that I already posted but includes apples.

Ingredients :

• 250g flour
• 150g sugar
• 1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 75g butter
• 100g natural yoghurt or fromage blanc
• 2/3 apples
• Pinch of salt
• Vanilla essence (optional)

Method :

1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C
2. Melt the butter in the microwave
3. Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar together
4. Add the eggs and yoghurt/fromage blanc to the dry ingredients and mix well with a whisk
5. Add butter and mix well and add vanilla essence to the mixture if using
6. Peel and chop your apples and add
7. Pour into well greased loaf tin
8. Bake for 40 minutes

Yes you’ve guessed it right – a delicious, rich, chocolate-y chocolate cake. Perfect for dessert served with a crème anglaise or some ice-cream or even as a particularly yummy gouter (afternoon snack). This is my three kids favourite cake and it takes only 5 minutes to prepare and 13 minutes to cook!

Ingredients :

• 200g good dark chocolate (I use 70%)
• 100g butter
• 125g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 50g flour

Method :

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200°
2. Melt the butter and chocolate together in a bain marie*
3. Beat the eggs with the sugar until it is light and fluffy
4. Add the melted chocolate and butter to the mixture
5. Add the flour
6. Grease a round tin and cook for 13-15 minutes at 200°C (I prefer nice and gooey in the middle so 13 minutes is enough, 15 mins is perfect if you want it cooked through but not dry)