Gin seems to be completely something that is completely hyped about by everyone at the moment. So what best than a Gin & Tonic cake!
*side note I actually made two of these cakes today so my images will be with double the below recipe ingredients!!*
Recipe
- 250g butter
- 250g caster sugar
- 250g self-raising flour
- 4 eggs
- 2 lemons
- 10 shots (I use a plastic shot glass to measure this) of gin
- A few splashes of tonic water
- 150g granulated sugar
Method
Heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Cream together butter and caster sugar.
- Add eggs one by one and mix until combined.
- Add flour bit by bit until combined.
- Mix in the lemon rind.
- Add juice of ONE lemon and 5 shots of gin and mix until combined.
- Pour mixture into tin.
- Bake for 45 – 55 minutes.
- Once cake is completely cool start on drizzle.
- Mix granulated sugar, juice of 1 lemon, 5 shots of gin and tonic together.
- Put mixture in a pan over a low heat and heat until sugar dissolves.
- Poke holes in the cake.
- Pour mixture over the cake and allow to absorb.
- Remove cake from tin.
Cream together butter and sugar 
Line tins 
Add eggs 
Add flour 
Add rind 
Add lemon juice 
Add gin 
Fill tin 
Simmer drizzle 
Pour over cakes There we have it Gin & Tonic Drizzle cake! Perfect for summer!
- Beth x
What an ingenious concept! Baking this cake is going straight to the top of my ‘To Do’ list for next weekend.
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I myself am a gin fan. What an awesome idea to incorporate that cocktail into a cake. Looks spectacular (:
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Sounds interesting. Which Gin did you use in your recipe?
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