| by Bel | 4.04pm NZ time |
UPDATE: Download the lemon gin & tonic cake recipe (1 page PDF 100KB via google docs) thoughtfully scanned by my colleague!
When life gives you lemons, make a G&T ... cake!!
To clarify, I have never actually made this cake, but I did eat a chunk of it for morning tea today:
It was delicious.
Here is an approximation of the recipe that I found on Google, which the lady in my office says is pretty much the same as the one she used:
Ingredients
Cake
200g Butter
1 1/2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
Zest of 2 Lemons
4 x Eggs
3 cups Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Milk (at room temperature)
Topping
1/2 cup Chelsea Caster Sugar
Juice of 2 Lemons
6 Tbsp gin
Method
Cake
Preheat the oven to 160ºC (fan-bake). Prepare a 24cm loose-bottomed cake tin by lining the base with baking paper, brushing the sides with butter and dredging lightly with flour.
To make the cake, cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together, and fold carefully into the egg mixture.
Add the milk and stir in gently. Pile the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the cake shrinks from the sides of the tin. This can also be made in 6 small loaf tins which would be baked for about 25 minutes.
Topping
While the cake is cooking, prepare the topping and the decoration. To make the topping, stir the caster sugar, lemon juice and gin together.When the cake is removed from the oven, pour topping mixture over the hot cake. Using a brulee torch, gently scortch the top of the cake.
From the Chelsea Sugar website.
Just to be specific, here are the instructions I got from the chef in my office:
The one I made was 2 cakes and then you iced it with white choc butter icing
CRAFTY LADY!!
I was confused initially as that recipe only mentions booze in the topping, and I was sure that the cake itself as soaking in ginly goodness, but apparently the topping makes its way down through the body of the cake, infusing flavour throughout.
WAHOO! Definitely making this. So glad you found the recipe, I can't believe the chef wasn't forthcoming with it. That's so not the spirit of home baking.
Ohh I hope I didn't give that impression, she did tell me it was from one of those supermarket food magazines!
And go figure, I was at a 30th on the weekend and guess what the birthday cake was?? Yes, a G&T cake!! :D I can confirm it is just as delicious even if you have been drinking bubbles all night.
OMG! This recipe looks incredible. Am so making it when I get home
Update blog with PDF scan of original recipe :)