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Food Friday, 10/02/17

Lemon Drizzle Gin Cakes.

Ingredients:
• 200g Stork
• 200g caster sugar
• 200g self raising flour
• 3 large eggs
• Zest of 3 lemons
• 90ml Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle Gin (or you can use a citrusy gin, it will say on the bottle)

For the drizzle:
• Juice of 3 lemons
• 160g caster sugar
• 50ml Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle Gin (or a citrusy gin)
• 3 juniper berries

Frosting:
• 1 x 500g tub ready made lemon frosting ( Morrisons do them, probably most supermarkets, OR make your own)
• Decorate with edible decorations such as fondant flowers, white chocolate stars etc)

Method:
• Heat oven to 170C. Place 12 cupcake cases into a muffin tray.
• Using electric whisk cream together the Stork and sugar.
• Add flour, eggs and zest and beat together,.
• Gradually beat in gin.
• Fill cases around 12/2/3 full, this mixture will make 12 so use all the mix between them.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until the cakes pass the skewer test.
• Make the drizzle by combining the ingredients in a pan, stir well, bring to boil and boil for 30 seconds.
• Prick the cakes all over the top with a chop stick or skewer then carefully pour all of the syrup over them. leave to cool completely.
• Put the frosting in a piping bag then pipe over the cakes and decorate as you please.

Release date:

Duration:

11 minutes