Super Boozy Gin and Tonic Cake

A drunken cake seeped in gin and plenty of sunny lemon makes for a great combination of my two loves: cake and gin. This cake can hold her booze, that's for sure, perhaps a little more than you can.

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(Recipe adapted from Pudding Lane, makes one large 2lb loaf)

265g unsalted butter, softened

265g caster sugar

4 eggs

265g self raising flour

2 lemons

8 shots of gin

Dash of tonic water

150g caster sugar

• Heat the oven to 180 degrees and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking paper. 
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and creamy. 
• Beat in the eggs, gently one at a time, add in a few spoons of flour after each addition. 
• Add the flour, lemon zest of both lemons and juice of 1 and half the gin and stir together. 
• Pour into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 45 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. 
• In the last few minutes of baking, prepare the drizzle. Whisk together the remaining gin, tonic, caster sugar and juice of the remaining lemon until well combined. 
• Once the cake is cooked, remove from the oven and poke lots of holes into the surface. Pour over the drizzle and leave to cool fully before serving. 

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