Sweet and Simple Bakes Monthly Bake Round-Up ~ St Clement's Drizzle Cake

This month has flown by and here we are with this month’s round-up. We want to thank each of you for another amazing round-up of entries; all your cakes look wonderfully delish. I hope you have enjoyed baking this recipe and will be joining us in our next Sweet and Simple Bakes.

*Due to ongoing back problems, Rosie has had to take a break from S&SB for a little while. I plan to manage S&SB each month and keep S&SB running as normal until Rosie is hopefully able to join us here once again, let's hope its soon! I do hope you will carry on supporting S&SB because you are what makes this blog a great place to visit and enjoy a spot of home baking each month.*

*If there are any late entries, I will endeavour to add you to the round up as soon as possible.*

Edith @ Precious Moments

Dips@ Centuar Cooks

Caroline @ Cakes, Crumbs and Cooking

Tessa @ The Cookin Chemist

Natalia @ gatti fili e farina

Joanne @ Applecrumbles

Helen @ Half a pot of cream

Chele @ Chocolate Teapot

Kelly @ Cooking the Books

Rebecca @ Living with a Boy

Rekha @ PLANTAINLEAF(ANDHRARECIPES)

Usha @ My Spicy Kitchen

Brenda @ Tea and Wheaten Bread

Priya @ Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Rosie @ Books and Bakes

Lynn @ Bites and Pieces

Lucie @ Cooking at Marystow

Maria @ The Goddess's Kitchen

Julie @ Little Bit of Everything

Anju @ Anju Loves Food

A huge round of applause for all our Sweet & Simple bakers this month.

We would like to thank all our S&SB bakers for your continual support each month, and you are what makes S&SB the success it is today and hopefully continues to be in the future.

*Could we please ask that we all take time to visit each other’s blogs and leave feedback – thank you.*

Maria and Rosie xx

St Clement's Drizzle Cake

This month’s recipe is a traditional British favourite and a cake you will find in most tea rooms over Britian, St Clement’s Drizzle Cake. I can only presume that the name of this cake originates from the poem about execution turned nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons! I remember playing the singing game associated with this nursery rhyme in Primary school. Only recently did I realise its origins but maybe the lines “Here comes a Chopper to Chop off your Head, Chip chop chip chop - the Last Man's Dead”, should have given it away! This quick cake recipe produces a very light and moist sponge that is bursting with those wonderful citrusy flavours soaked through, finished with a crunchy sugary top. The perfect refreshing afternoon teatime cake!

*If you have any queries or questions, please leave a comment under the recipe and we will endeavour to reply to you as soon as possible.*

The recipe can be found here.

Please Note: - The posting date for your St Clement's Drizzle Cake on your Blog is 1st October 09.

Please ensure you send in your email to us to make certain you are listed in the round up. The round-up will be posted here on 2nd October 09. If you are a food blogger, we kindly ask that you write a post about your bake and link back to Sweet and Simple Bakes. Please feel free to add our Sweet & Simple Bakes Monthly Baking Event Badge to your post. Let us know that you have completed the bake.

Please send an email to sweet2simple[at]googlemail[dot]com

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The posting date for St Clement's Drizzle Cake on your blog is 1st October 09. The round-up will be 2nd October 09 to ensure all entries have been sent in via our email – we wouldn’t wish to miss any of your creations.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s entry here at S&SB!

Happy Baking!

Maria and Rosie xx