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    gin-tonic cake

    12 August 2017 by toondebacker Leave a Comment

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    gin-tonic cake

    Gin is quite popular at the moment. But if you want a different taste of gin, this gin-tonic cake might be an option. It is a bit of work, but the taste is worth it. The inspiration comes from BBC good food.

    Ingredients:

    for the cake:

    • 250 gram butter
    • 325 gram brown sugar (200 gram for the cake and 125 gram for the syrup)
    • 4 eggs
    • 250 gram self raising flour
    • 75 gram natural yoghurt
    • the juice of two limes (keep the juice from every lime apart)
    • 75 ml gin (50ml for the cake and 25 ml for the syrup)
    • 150 ml tonic water
    • some crushed juniper berries

    for the icing:

    • 200 gram butter
    • 400 gram icing sugar
    • 2 tablespoons of milk
    • zest of the limes

    Method:

    for the cake:

    • preheat the oven at 180°C and greese two cake tins (20cm).
    • Melt the butter and add 200 gram of the brown sugar. whisk all the time.
    • Add the eggs one by one, and continue whisking all the time.
    • Add the flour.
    • Mix the yoghurt with 50ml of the gin and the juice of one lime.
    • Add this to the cake mix.
    • Split the mix between the 2 cake tins, and let it bake for 35 minutes.

    for the syrup:

    • Put the tonic water, the remaining sugar, the crushed juniper berries and the juice of the second lime in a pan and heat it until the sugar has melted.
    • Bring it to boil, and let it boil for about 10 minutes.
    • Let it cool down for a few minutes and then add the remaining gin.
    • When the cake is ready, remove it from the oven and let it cool down for 5 minutes.
    • Then prick it all over with a fork or a skewer, and spoon the syrup over the cake.
    • Let it cool down completely.

    for the cream:

    • melt the butter in a pan.
    • Add the icing sugar slowly while beating all the time.
    • At the end, add the milk and the zest of the limes.

    finishing:

    • place one of the cakes on a plate, and cover with one third of the cream.
    • Put the second part on top, and cover also with one third of the cream.
    • Put it in the refrigerator for half an hour, and then cover the sides with the rest of the cream.
    • You can decorate with lime ice, cucumber, zest, or anything gin-like you may imagine.

    I like cakes with a twist. Other surprising cakes are:

    • blueberry almond cake
    • easy poppy seed cake
    • easy apple cake
    • refreshing coconut polenta cake

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