Vegan Gin and Tonic Cake

woweeeeee!

Just after Christmas someone mentioned to me (Charlotte) about gin and tonic cake and the idea blew my mind! Gin is my drink, my go to drink and it tastes like summer so of course I wanted to make a cake that had gin in the recipe!

We searched the internet for a vegan recipe and couldn’t find one so we got to have fun  and make our own. The inspiration and main basis of the recipe came from Pudding Lane but the vegan-ness is totally ours, here you go 🙂

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Cake

No Egg ( vegan egg substitute) Equivalent of four eggs

200g Caster Sugar

200g Self Raising Flour

200g Dairy Free butter/spread

tsp baking powder

5 shots of your favourite gin (we used Gordon’s elderflower)

2 limes

Topping:

150g sugar

3 shots of Gin

Lime juice

a dash of tonic

Method

Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius and grease your favourite cake tin.

In a mixing bowl combine the caster sugar and butter until creamy. Add the made up No Egg and continue to mix through. Sieve in the flour, baking powder and mix in along with the zest of the two limes. Once combined add the juice of 1 and a half limes and 5 shots of gin making the batter thinner and more cake like. Pour into your cake tin and place in the oven for 45mins or until a knife comes clean from a point in the centre.

Place the cake on a wire rack to cool while you make the drizzle.

Mix the sugar with 3 shots of gin, the juice of half a lime and a dash of tonic. If you prefer a thicker icing,  add more sugar or less gin…. (i’d go more sugar! haha). Make a few pricks in the top of the cake and then add the drizzle, be as messy or creative as you like! Leave to set while you clean up your mess!

Tah-da Gin and Tonic cake.

We are incredibly happy with the recipe and taste of the cake. We just can’t believe it took us so long to come across it! Due to the lack of actual egg, it isn’t a high rising cake but it is beautiful just the way it is. This would be perfect for a dinner party or barbecue in the summer.

Give it a go and let us know how you get on!

~Love Charlotte and Jessica xx