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Pink Gin Cake
Use any gin flavour you want, making sure the tonic and citrus suit the gin
Recipe Category:
Baking
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an original recipe from Lavender and Lime
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Ingredients
for the cake
200
g
softened butter
175
g
fructose
4
eggs
200
g
self-raising flour
sifted
2.5
mls
baking powder
sifted
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon*
75
mls
pink gin
for the syrup
30
g
fructose
30
mls
sugar free citrus tonic water
30
mls
pink gin
to decorate
1
lemon
thinly sliced
for the glaze
50
g
fructose
Juice of 1 lemon**
5
mls
pink gin
Method
for the cake
Preheat the oven to 180°Celsius
Place the butter and fructose into a stand mixer mixing bowl
Use a balloon whisk and whisk until light and fluffy
Place the eggs into a jug and whisk until slackened
Add them slowly into the butter while you continue whisking, scraping down the sides as needed
Gently fold in the flour, baking powder and zest
Pour in the gin and stir gently to combine
Pour the batter into a prepared loaf tin
Bake for 55 minutes
for the syrup
Place the fructose and tonic water into a small pan and place onto the stove on a low temperature
Stir until the fructose dissolves and then increase the temperature
Bring the syrup to a boil and leave to boil for 1 minute
Pour 30mls of the sugar syrup into a small mixing bowl and add the gin
Stir to combine and set aside
Add the lemon slices for the decoration to the leftover sugar syrup
Once the cake is baked, remove from the oven and make 10 holes using a skewer, ¾ of the way into the cake
Pour the gin syrup over the cake and leave to cool in the tin
Turn out onto a wire rack once cool, making sure the skewered holes are on top
to glaze
Place the fructose, lemon juice and gin into a mixing bowl
Stir to combine and then pour onto the cake once completely cool ***
Arrange the lemon slices on top of the cake
Leave until the glaze has set before serving
Notes
* you will use this lemon for the glaze
** the lemon you zested
*** place the cake on a wire rack over a dish to catch the excess glaze