Gin & Tonic Drizzle Cake

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.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  There we have it Gin & Tonic Drizzle cake! Perfect for summer!

• Beth x