Gin-iced tea cake
 
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I've reduced the oil and sugar in my standard vegan cake to get a lighter, slightly drier crumb with a hint of bergamot. The icing adds a refreshing gin hit. This works well with tea or G&T.
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Recipe type: Cake
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Cake
  • 1-2 teabags Earl Grey tea
  • 270 grams hot water
  • 350 grams plain flour
  • 225 grams caster sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp bicoarbonate of soda
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 40 grams syrup
  • 90 grams oil (almond or vegetable)
Icing
  • 30 ml Teasmith gin
  • 200 ml icing sugar
Instructions
Cake
  1. Preheat the oven to 180C (200C if not fan).
  2. Boil the water and pour into a measuring jug.
  3. Steep the teabags in the water. The tea should be fairly strong but not so bitter that the bergamot flavour is lost.
  4. Meanwhile, mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  5. Add the lemon juice to the water.
  6. Put the measuring jug on your scales and measure out syrup and oil.
  7. Add the liquids to the dry ingredients and stir quickly until smooth.
  8. Pour into a cake tin (I used around 26 cm silicon one).
  9. Cook in oven for 35-45 minutes. It is done when an inserted tooth pick comes out dry and the top is a deep golden brown.
  10. Let dry completely before adding icing.
Icing
  1. Measure out a volume of icing sugar into a bowl.
  2. Add gin in three parts and stir until the icing is smooth but not to thin. Add more icing sugar or gin until you have the texture you want.
Finishing
  1. When the cake is cool, cover the top in icing and sprinkle with grated lemon peel.
Recipe by Edinburgh Foody at http://www.edinburghfoody.com/2017/09/08/the-teasmith-premium-gin-inspires-tea-cake/