G T Cake Recipes

GIN AND TONIC CAKE!

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan and line three 20cm/8inch sandwich cake tins with baking parchment - leave to the side.
• In a stand mixer, beat together the butter and caster sugar for a few minutes until light and fluffy.
• Add in the flour, eggs, baking powder, flavouring if using and lime and beat again briefly till combined - try not to overbeat!
• Divide the mixture between the three tins and smooth it over - bake for 25-30minutes until the cakes are golden and when the cake springs back (skewer should also come out clean)!
• Once baked, leave on the side for now, in the tin.
• Whilst cooling for the 10 minutes, make the drizzle.
• Add your Caster Sugar, Gin, and Tonic to a small pan.
• Heat on a Low-Medium whilst stirring, and wait for the sugar to dissolve. Once dissolved, turn off the heat.
• Poke your cake lightly with a cake skewer/fork, and then drizzle over the drizzle. Leave the cake to cool fully in the tin.
• Beat the butter with an electric mixer for a couple of minutes to loosen it - gradually beat in the icing sugar until well combined (this can take up to 5 minutes).
• Add in the Tonic & Gin one tablespoon of each at a time, and beat fully each time. The mixture will be slightly slacker than usual, but you want the flavour so be aware!
• Alternatively, use the Gin & Tonic Flavouring with the Butter and Sugar instead.
• Add a layer of the cake to your plate/board and pipe on some of the buttercream.
• Add on the second layer and pipe on buttercream again, and then the third layer. If you just want to use buttercream then decorate the top, but I did buttercream and icing so I piped the leftover buttercream around the edges.
• Mix the Icing with the Gin and fill in the top with it, and then sprinkle over the lime zest and add lime slices if you wish!
• Enjoy!