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Ingredients
Cake
- 200 g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
- 50 g blanched almonds
- 2 cm cinnamon quill
- 2 tsp juniper berries
- 150 g sugar
- 1 lemon peel strip (4 cm), zest only, no white pith
- 4 eggs
- 100 g natural yoghurt
- 200 g self-raising flour
Gin and tonic syrup
- 80 g tonic water
- 40 g sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 20 g gin (see Tips)
Gin and tonic glaze
- 180 - 200 g pure icing sugar
- 20 g tonic water
- 30 g gin
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2301.9 kJ / 548.1 kcal
- Protein
- 8.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 70.4 g
- Fat
- 27 g
- Saturated fat
- 14.6 g
- Fiber
- 1.5 g
- Sodium
- 325.6 mg
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