Cooking Corner

GIN  and  Tonic cake.

Ingredients 

Cake                                                     Drizzle

250 gm. butter                                   75 gm  caster sugar

250 gm caster sugar                          5 tbsp  gin

250 gm self-raising flour                   5 tbsp tonic water

5 medium eggs

1 lime zested.

Icing                                                    Decoration

75 gm icing sugar                              1 lime zested

3-4 tbsp gin                                         lime slices      

Method

Preheat oven to 160c  fan. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.

Cream together butter and caster sugar, then add, eggs, flour,

and lime zest and fold till combined.

Pour cake into tin and bake for 40 – 45 mins. Or until skewer comes

out clean. Remove cake from oven and allow to cool slightly.

The Drizzle

Add  caster sugar, gin and tonic to small pan and heat on medium

while waiting for the sugar to dissolve. Make holes in the cake with

a skewer, then pour over the drizzle. Leave the cake to cool in the tin.

Decoration

Remove cake from tin. In a small bowl, add your icing sugar and very gradually mix in the gin until you get a thick but spreadable consistency. Pour the icing over the cake and sprinkle some lime zest. Then add some lime slices for more decoration.

Thanks to Gay Chadbourn for this recipe

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