RECIPE - Lemon Drizzle Cake

Just 3 grams of oats a day can help lower cholesterol levels; getting your oats can really help your health. So how can you get them?

• Start the day with a wholesome bowl of porridge
• Oatly oat drinks make a great low-fat addition to a fruit smoothie
• Use chocolate Oatly with your morning cereal
• Try oats in cooking and baking

Cookery expert Lorna Rhodes comments, ““All we need to do is make sure that we eat enough different foods and swap some of the more calorie laden choices for healthier options. Oatly is a healthy and tasty alternative to milk and soya which is low in saturated fat and high in fibre. “ Her recipe for Lemon Drizzle Cake shows that getting your oats needn't be boring.




LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

Serves: 10
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes

3 unwaxed lemons
300g plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
300g caster sugar
175g sunflower margarine or butter
2 large eggs
250ml carton Oatly Cream
Lemon Glaze:
100g golden granulated sugar

1. Grease a 20cm/8” round spring-form tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment. Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan) gas mark 4.
2. Finely grate the rind from the lemons, squeeze the juice and reserve for glaze.
3. Sieve the flour and baking powder into a bowl, stir in the sugar than add the margarine. With an electric hand whisk, beat until the mixture looks like fine crumbs.
4. Beat together the lemon zest, eggs and Oatly Cream then add to the flour mixture and beat together.
5. Pour into the prepared tin and bake in the middle shelf of the oven for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven and makes several pricks with a cocktail stick over the top of the cake.
6. Mix together the lemon juice and sugar for the glaze and spoon evenly over the warm cake. Leave to cool in the tin.
7. Either serve with fresh fruits as a dessert or simply enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.

Tip, store in an airtight tin for 3-4 days
If preferred, grease and line a shallow baking tin approx 30x23cm/12x9in and bake the mixture for 40 minutes. When cool cut into 24 squares.

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS PER SERVING:
412 kcals
5g protein
20g fat (of which 4g saturated)
57g carbohydrate (of which 32g sugar)
0.7g salt

Oatly oat drinks are also lactose, milk protein and soya free, so they’re great too for anyone who suffers from milk protein allergy, lactose intolerance and/or an allergy to soya.

Available from all major supermarkets, Holland & Barrett and independent health food stores, Oatly Organic and Oatly Enriched cost £1.39/1 litre, Oatly Chocolate is £1.49/1 litre and Oatly Dairy-Free Alternative to Cream is 79p/250ml.