Ingredients
- Cake Ingredients:
- 125g Butter, softened
- 150g runny honey
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 225g SR Flour
- 1Tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2Tbsp Milk
- Elderflower & Lemon Syrup Ingredients:
- Per Large bunch Elderflower – 1 bag (approx. 20 stems)
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3 cups Water
- 1 large lemon, sliced
Honey Cakes with Elderflower & Lemon Drizzle
Method
- Beat together butter & honey together for 2 mins until light
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, then flour, and lastly lemon juice and milk
- It should be a slightly runny batter
- Pour either in muffin tins or cake tin, depending on plans for serving
- Whatever your choice I suggest not to fill over 5cm in height
- Cook for 10 – 15 minsRemove from tins while still hot and place on a wire rack over plate/board
- Spoon Syrup over the top of cake(s) evenly as it will soak into the cake
- Suggestion of approx
- 2tsp per small muffin size, but you will get a feel for how much syrup you want to add without getting them too wet
- Method for Elderflower & Lemon Syrup: Elderflower Syrup should be made in advance, (made as soon as possible with fresh Elderflower
- You do not need to remove the flowers from the stems)
- Add sugar, water & lemon to a saucepan and bring to the boil, reduce to medium heat and cook for approx
- 10-15min to let the lemon infuse into the sugar syrup and to allow the liquid to start to reduce
- Prepare a large glass jar or preserving jar and fill with the Elderflower
- Once syrup is ready, pour into jar (including the lemon pieces) to fill jar
- Put lid on gently while very hot, then tighten, once reduced a little in heat
- This can now be stored away until needed
- I suggest you do leave at least overnight before opening
- Drain syrup off and save in a bottle or jar to use as desired
- This quantity will make approx
- 750ml of completed liquid
Comments
These tasty little cakes can be served cold on their own or with some honey infused yoghurt or Labneh. Also you could make them as a hot dessert, either as individuals or as one large cake served straight out of the oven with extra syrup to make a sticky dessert and serve with custard or ice-cream.