Hello friends,
So this week marks the start of the Great British Bake Off, one of my favourite TV shows! As the show goes on I am going to try my hand at one of the three weekly bakes, and this week it is the classic Madeira cake. On the show one of the contestants decided on a Gin and Tonic inspired cake, so I decided to give it a shot.
The cake on the show used gin in the icing, but having tried this before I know the flavour gets a little lost, so I have used chopped juniper berries in my sponge, giving a subtle gin hint.
Ingredients:
175g butter
175g caster sugar
3 eggs
250g self raising flour
A splash of milk
Zest of 1 lemon
3 teaspoons of chopped juniper berries
For the glaze:
120g icing sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 orange
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C and line and grease a 900g loaf tin.
In a bowl, cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix then the chopped berries until well combined.
Add the flour and fold in gently - the consistency should be thick, so that the batter slowly pours off of a spoon. If too thick at this point add the milk so that is loosens a tad.
Pour into the tin and bake for 45 minutes, checking that a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Whilst cooling, make the citrus glaze. Mix the fruit juices together with the icing sugar and put into the microwave for a minute. Whilst the cake is still in the tin, pour the icing over the top. Allow to set and remove from the tin to cool fully.
So this week marks the start of the Great British Bake Off, one of my favourite TV shows! As the show goes on I am going to try my hand at one of the three weekly bakes, and this week it is the classic Madeira cake. On the show one of the contestants decided on a Gin and Tonic inspired cake, so I decided to give it a shot.
The cake on the show used gin in the icing, but having tried this before I know the flavour gets a little lost, so I have used chopped juniper berries in my sponge, giving a subtle gin hint.
Ingredients:
175g butter
175g caster sugar
3 eggs
250g self raising flour
A splash of milk
Zest of 1 lemon
3 teaspoons of chopped juniper berries
For the glaze:
120g icing sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 orange
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C and line and grease a 900g loaf tin.
In a bowl, cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix then the chopped berries until well combined.
Add the flour and fold in gently - the consistency should be thick, so that the batter slowly pours off of a spoon. If too thick at this point add the milk so that is loosens a tad.
Pour into the tin and bake for 45 minutes, checking that a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Whilst cooling, make the citrus glaze. Mix the fruit juices together with the icing sugar and put into the microwave for a minute. Whilst the cake is still in the tin, pour the icing over the top. Allow to set and remove from the tin to cool fully.
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