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Gluten Free Lemon Sponge Cake

Product code: 00861021

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Order by 8pm to collect as early as 16 February

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Serves 6 Portions

A lovely sponge made with lemon zest and finished with lashings of tangy lemon buttercream. It's the perfect treat for afternoon tea with friends or dessert after dinner.

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Product details

Vegetarian

Gluten Free

Ready to eat

Item details

Diet suitability: Suitable for Vegetarians

Consume Within: 7 days

Preparation and serving

Ready to eat

Suitable for freezing: No

No artificial colours, artificial flavourings or preservatives used

More Information

Weight: 840 g

Serving dish pictured is not included

Ingredients

Sugar, gluten free flour, pasteurised free range egg, salted butter (13%), sunflower oil, humectant: vegetable glycerine, whole milk, lemon zest, concentrated lemon juice, baking powder (raising agent: e450, sodium bicarbonate), candied lemon peel, rice flour, gluten free flour contains rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, stabiliser: xanthan gum candied lemon peel contains lemon peel, sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, acidity regulator: citric acid

Delivery, collection & returns

Collection

Collect from store

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Returns

UK returns

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Reviews (17)

4.1

76% Recommended this product

Mentions
18 July 2020Neilthegardener

Awful

No, I don't recommend this

This gluten free lemon drizzle cake is possibly the worst cake I have ever tried. Gluten free sponge cakes are much better than they used to be and many cafes sell incredibly good sponge cakes which are now hard to differentiate from the normal wheat flour sponge cake. This cake was far too dense and wet and far too sweet for me and as for the price!!! Never again. M&S and their products now lag behind many other outlets and are no longer premium. Shame.

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17 July 2013JB519

Disappointing

No, I don't recommend this

This cake is so far the only thing from the without wheat range that I have ever really disliked. It appeared on the shelves of most of my local stores a while back, replacing the Chocolate and Cherry cake (which was by far the best gluten free cake I have ever purchased from a supermarket). I found this to be a step back from what I expect of the without wheat range, more like a lot of the gluten free cakes that you used to get in supermarkets 5 or so years ago. The flavour is fairly pleasant (maybe slightly to tart for me) but the cake is incredibly dry and crumbly (we could barely cut the thing into slices as it just broke apart into crumbs). Thinking we may have gotten a bad cake, we returned it to the store in exchange for a new one, this was no better. I defiantly wont be buying this product again and would not suggest you do either, I would however try the rest of the range, which in general is a standard way above what is offered by other supermarkets.

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29 May 2013Gandar

Nice but is it worth it?

Yes, I recommend this

I like this cake but I think charging £6 (ok, 2p less than £6) is somewhat over the top for a small cake.

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24 May 2013Mazza75

Yummy

Yes, I recommend this

This cake was lovely a real hit with my wheat intolerant friends!

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14 May 2013LouiseJane71

lemon sponge

Yes, I recommend this

nice flavour and value, a bit dry, but good with some cream as a desert rather than a cake for afternoon tea

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06 April 2013julielouise

Great lemony taste

Yes, I recommend this

As previous reviewers stated this cake is great tasting for a gluten free cake, but it is small. I would not say it had "lashings" of buttercream, but it is certainly tangy and lemony.

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01 December 2012kazamuffin

minus the gluten - tasty

Yes, I recommend this

Excellent cake - fantastic taste and texture. Used instead to give instead of Wedding cake at our reception.

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21 November 2012ria48

Best Ever Cake

Yes, I recommend this

This cake is as delicious as it looks and tastes no different to other cakes with gluten. Infact I'd go as far to say it is even better than most. I also like the chocolate version just as much. Both cakes are moist and keep well, although in our house they do not last very long as the whole family enjoy them.

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09 November 2012Rosealice

Enjoyed both by coeliacs and others

Yes, I recommend this

Coeliac relatives were impressed by this cake and were keen to buy it for themselves - much better than glutne free cakes they had had before.

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05 September 2012HelsDorset

Two tiny cakes

No, I don't recommend this

I was disappointed when I arrived at store to collect this order. I did not want two tiny cakes - just one large cake for a Birthday. Such a shame, they looked lovely.

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13 August 2012glutenfreelady

Fantastic

Yes, I recommend this

This cake is absolutely delicious - only problem is that not enough stores stock it. Best Gluten-Free Cake I've ever had - if you could keep this cake and bring back the chocolate one too I'd be in heaven!! Please don't ever stop stocking this!

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16 June 2012Catgirl12

Lemon cake

No, I don't recommend this

Thought would try. Not convinced Tasted dry, but that maybe because gluten free????

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15 May 2012han86

yummy, yummy

Yes, I recommend this

this cake is beautiful and is made fresh to order, great value, im addicted.

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13 April 2012sussexwillow

Fantastic Cake

Yes, I recommend this

This is by far and away the best shop-bought Gluten Free cake I have tasted. I think it beats all the other 'Free From' brands hands down for taste, and particularly texture. Until now, the GF cakes I have tried were overly sweet, heavy and dry in texture and generally so disappointing. This one is tangy, moist and delicious, just like the ones I remember pre-Coeliac. Love it. Thank you M&S!!

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18 March 2012jules701

just like mother used to make

Yes, I recommend this

I love this cake, i thought the chocolate cake was best till i tasted this one, its brilliant, the taste is devine, please dont ever change the formula or stop making it, please, this is the nearest thing to what i remember cake tasting like in over 20 years, i have tried lots of cakes even ones made by professionals and this one is the best, if you dont believe me you've got to try it, and if you buying it for a loved one with coeliac disease they will truly love you for it. The texture is light, the topping is just so yummy and when i get hold of one, nobody else gets a look in. xx

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17 March 2012Hants1

Lemon cake

Yes, I recommend this

This is the best gluten free cake EVER!!!! Just wish it was bigger!

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13 February 2012Lulieb

Truly Scrumptious

Yes, I recommend this

THE tastiest cake ever! Even my son, who is NOT coeliac, prefers it over any other cake! Just wish it was bigger :-)

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