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Lemon Barley Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Lemon Barley Cake

12 ingredients Makes 2 cakes openrecipes
Lemon Barley Cake

A soft moist cake, stodgy with barley and yet refreshing because of the lemon. Goes well with Vanilla ice cream, clotted cream, or custard.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1166
Calories
32g
Protein
41g
Fat
169g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 100g Pearl Barley
  • 75g Treacle
  • 30g Brown Sugar
  • 100g Butter
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 275ml Milk
  • 275g Self Raising Wholemeal Flour
  • 75g Ground Almonds
  • 1/2 stp Ginger
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • Juice and Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp Natural Lemon Flavour or Lemon Oil (suitable for eating)

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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