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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

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Honey Cakes with Elderflower & Lemon Drizzle

honey cakes with elderflower and 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.