Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake

Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake

Lemon and elderflower drizzle cake

Serves 12 | prep 30 mins | total time 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• 175 g self-raising flour
• 1/2 level tsp baking powder
• 175 g Stork
• 175 g caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• 1 tbsp elderflower cordial
• zest of 1 lemon

For the syrup

• juice of 1 lemon, strained
• 1 tbsp elderflower cordial
• 55g caster sugar

For the filling

• 115 g icing sugar
• 40 g Stork
• 1-2 tsp elderflower cordial
• 3-4 tbsp lemon curd
• 55 g icing sugar for the glace icing
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• For the topping
• Edible flowers, optional

Step by step

1. Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, 160°C fan.
2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl, add the remaining cake ingredients and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth. Spoon the mixture into 2 greased and base lined 20cm cake tins.
3. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until cooked and turn out on to a wire rack.
4. Meanwhile, place the lemon juice, elderflower cordial and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
5. Whilst the cakes are warm, make a few deep holes with a skewer and drizzle the elderflower syrup over both cakes so that it soaks in.
6. Place the icing sugar, Stork and elderflower cordial into a bowl and mix well until smooth. Sandwich the two cakes together by spreading with the Stork mixture and then the lemon curd. Decorate the top of the cake with a thin glace icing made with the icing sugar and a little lemon juice. Finish with edible flowers.

recipe source: https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/cakes/lemon-and-elderflower-drizzle-cake