Lemon Crumble Bites

I’m absolutely in love with these lemon crumble bites. They are made up of leftover cake crumbs and taste absolutely delicious! I love to bake! Cakes, bread, pizza, pastry’s, everything! If it goes in the oven, I want to give it a go. Making a cake that serves 12 for the 2 of us means we ALWAYS have leftovers. So if anyone lives nearby, let me know and we can have a little tea party!

If you didn’t know already, cake freezes really well. Slice it up and wrap each slice individually in a double layer of cling film and then foil. It stays perfectly fresh for ages! This works best with sponge cakes. I wouldn’t recommend freezing a cake which had been frosted as I can imagine when it thaws the frosting will drench the cake in water.

Sometimes though, I don’t want to freeze my leftovers, In these cases, I hate throwing out the remainders and in come my lemon crumble bites.

Normally, I’ll turn leftovers into cake pops or layer into a trifle but sometimes I want something a little bit different.  I’ve made the lemon crunch bars from the Hummingbird Bakery book a couple of times, and thought they were delicious and thats where this recipe for lemon crumble bites stems from. The originals have the same base and topping mixture with a layer of condensed milk which has been mixed with lemon juice in the middle.

Taking this as a basic concept, I came up with my version. They can be made using leftover/store bought cake, a little sweetened condensed milk, a lemon and some store cupboard staples for the crumble topping.

I really hope you’ll have a go at making these, they’re crunchy but soft and that layer of condensed milk gives them a creamy texture that is so yum with a cup of tea or coffee mid afternoon.

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Lemon crumble bites

Zesty, soft and crumbly lemon crumble bites, perfect with a hot cup of tea and made with leftovers!

Course afternoon tea, Dessert, Snack, teatime, treat

Cuisine sweet

Keyword lemon

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 16 bites

Author mrspriyajoshi

Ingredients

• 350-400 g leftover/store bought cake lemon or vanilla flavoured works best
• 200 g sweetened condensed milk
• 1 lemon zest and juice

For the crumble

• 50 g plain flour
• 50 g oats
• 1 tbsp softened butter
• 2 tbsp light muscavado sugar

Instructions

1. Crumble your cake up and press into a lined square cake tin to about 1cm thickness ensuring you press it up the sides of the tin too
   

   

2. Mix your condensed milk with the zest and juice of the lemon until thoroughly combined and pour onto the base
   

   

3. Mix together your crumble mixture to a light breadcrumb texture, and sprinkle onto the condensed milk mixture
   

   

4. Place in the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes
   

5. Now comes the hard bit, allow it to cool and then place in the fridge overnight before cutting up into 16 pieces.
   

   

6. Serve with a hot cup of tea or coffee!
   

I’m sharing this recipe on the #cookblogshare linky and the #cookonceeattwice linky for this month!