About the bake
This gin and tonic cake is a deliciously light, soft and tasty lime sponge cake infused with gin and tonic. We've made a delicious lime buttercream to cover the cake. This showstopper cake is perfect with Afternoon Tea.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas mark 4
Step 2:
Greese and line 2 x 20cm cake tins. In a mixer, beat together the butter and half of the sugar until white and fluffy.
Step 3:
Add the eggs one at a time with a tablespoon of flour making sure they are fully incorporated before adding the next one. Fold in the rest of the flour once the eggs are all mixed in.
Step 4:
Mix the yogurt with the juice of one of the limes and 3/4 of the gin. Add this to the cake batter and mix it in.
Step 5:
Pour half the cake batter into each cake tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Step 6:
While the cake is in the oven, make the syrup. Put the remaining sugar, tonic water and juice of one lime into a saucepan over medium heat. Once the sugar has dissolved, stir it and then let it cool for 5 mins. Pour in the remaining gin and set aside.
Step 7:
When the cake is ready, let it cool in it's tin for 5 minutes. Using a skerwer, prick the cake all over and then spoon the syrup over both halves of the cakes. Leave it to cool completely.
Step 8:
Next, make the buttercream. Beat the butter until soft in a mixer for a few minutes, then add the icing sugar, a third at a time. Add a tablespoon of milk to help loosen the texture if it's too stiff. Add the zest of the limes. You may add 4 drops of gin and tonic flavouring (optional) and mix in to finish it.
Step 9:
To dress the cake, cover the top of one half with 1/3 of the buttercream. Sandwich the second layer on top. Cover this with buttercream too before working buttercream onto the sides. This gives a beautiful naked finish.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 250g Salted butter (diced)
- 325g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 4 Medium eggs
- 250g Allinson's Self Raising White Flour
- 75g Natural yoghurt
- 2 Lime (juice only)
- 75ml Gin
- 150ml Tonic water
For the Buttercream
- 200g Softened butter
- 400g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 3 Lime zest
- 4 drops Gin &tonic flavouring (optional)
Utensils
- Saucepan
- 2x 20cm cake tins
- Electric mixer
Recipe Reviews
Excellent 👏✨🥰
I made this for a hen party. We couldn't really taste the tonic, but think it may have added a bit of air to the consistency. We ate the lot and washed it down with extra gin for good measures.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 250g Salted butter (diced)
- 325g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 4 Medium eggs
- 250g Allinson's Self Raising White Flour
- 75g Natural yoghurt
- 2 Lime (juice only)
- 75ml Gin
- 150ml Tonic water
For the Buttercream
- 200g Softened butter
- 400g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 3 Lime zest
- 4 drops Gin &tonic flavouring (optional)
Utensils
- Saucepan
- 2x 20cm cake tins
- Electric mixer