Saturday, 17 March 2012

Blueberry, lemon and mint drizzle cake



115g soft butter
25g fresh mint
250g blueberries
1 lemon, zest + juice
250gflour
2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
225g caster sugar
2 eggs
120ml milk
25g desiccated coconut
100g granulated sugar

  1. Pre heat oven to 180, GM4
  2. Prepare loaf tin
  3. Chop ¼ mint
  4. Put in a bowl with blueberries and 1 tsp lemon juice
  5. Cream butter and sugar
  6. Fold in remaining ingredients
  7. Spoon 1/3 mixture into tin
  8. Add 1/3 blueberries
  9. Repeat layering twice
  10. Bake for 60 mins
  11. Grind the mint leaves and 2 tsp sugar until it forms a paste
  12. Stir in the lemon juice
  13. Leave to infuse
  14. Strain
  15. Sprinkle over the cake
  16. Leave to cool
  17. Sprinkle over more sugar

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