A beautifully boozy cake

This is a recipe for a gin and tonic cake that is actually by the Great British Bake Off's James Morton. I put my own little twist on it, in that I made a lemony caramel as well as the gin drizzle.

Enjoy.

Gin and tonic cake

The finished article

Ingredients

For the cake:

• 150g salted butter
• 150g caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• 150g plain flour
• 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder

For the drizzle:

• 100ml gin
• 50ml tonic
• 100g sugar (I used caster, James uses granulated)

For the candied lemons:

• 1 lemon
• 100g caster sugar
• 100ml water

Method

1. pre-heat the oven to 150 fan and line a loaf tin.
2. make sure the butter is soft and whisk with the eggs and sugar until totally combined.
3. gently stir in the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.
4. place in your tin and bake for 40 minutes until golden brown.
5. while it's cooling, make the drizzle by mixing the ingredients in a bowl until the sugar has dissolved.
6. pour it over the cake while it is still warm in the tin,
7. now make the candied lemons by slicing them and adding them to a pan with the water and sugar.
8. heat on medium, stirring continuously until the mix comes to a simmer. Once it is simmering, stop stirring.
9. it will be ready when the the water and sugar have reduced and are golden in colour. Place the sweet lemons on the cake.
10. my twist is that I also poured the lemony caramel left in the pan over the cake. If you don't like it sweet, just stick to the gin drizzle.
11. serve, enjoy, and don't drive!