Citrus Syrup Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Heat sugar, zest, and 2 cups water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil. Pour through a fine sieve into a medium bowl; discard solids. Let cool completely. Stir in lemon juice.

Steps:

• Grease a deep 23cm round cake tin, line the base with baking paper.
• Cream butter, rinds and sugar until light and fluffy, add egg yolks; beat until combined.
• Stir in half the sifted flour with half the cold pumpkin, then stir in the remaining flour and pumpkin.
• Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form, fold through the cake mixture. Spread mixture into cake tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven about 1 hour or until cooked when tested with skewer.
• Pour hot syrup over hot cake and let stand 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool.
• To make syrup:- Combine all ingredients in saucepan.
• Stir constantly over heat without boiling until sugar is dissolved.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 2 minutes without stirring.

Steps:

• Grease a shallow 20cm (7") ring pan or a 20cm (7 inch) round cake tin.
• Set oven to 160°C (325°F).
• Combine butter, rind and sugar in a small bowl and beat with an electric mixer until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating constantly until the eggs are completely combined.
• Transfer the mixture into a larger bowl.
• Place a sieve over the larger bowl and sift in the flour.
• Add the coconut and stir until well mixed.
• Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake on the centre shelf of the oven at 160°C (325°F) for 45 minutes or until cooked.
• Syrup: Just before the cake is finished cooking, prepare the lemon syrup.
• Combine all the syrup ingredients in a small saucepan over a medium heat.
• Stir over the heat until the sugar is dissolved.
• (Do not let the mixture boil at this stage).
• When all the sugar is dissolved, increase the heat and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low and let the mixture simmer, uncovered, without stirring for 3 minutes.
• Now, take the cake out of the oven, turn it onto a plate and pour the hot syrup slowly over the hot cake until all the syrup is absorbed.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°C Lightly grease an 8 x 1/2-cup capacity mini loaf pan or a 12 x 1/3-cup capacity muffin pan.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter, 2/3 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon each of lemon, orange and lime rind for 8 minutes, or until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour, almond meal and milk to butter mixture. Mix.
• Spoon into pan. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• Stand for 5 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack over a baking dish.
• Place remaining sugar and 1/3 cup each of lemon, orange and lime juice into a saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high. Bring to the boil. Boil, without stirring, for 8 minutes, or until syrup thickens slightly.
• Use a skewer to prick holes in tops of cakes. Pour warm syrup over warm cakes.