Gluten Free Elderflower & Lemon Cake by Juliet Sear
Celebrity recipe
10 Reviews
Gluten Free
Vegetarian
About the bake
Our friend Juliet Sear has developed a really lovely gluten free version of the Royal Wedding elderflower and lemon cake that Prince Harry and Meghan are set to have on their big day.
Cream together the butter, sugar, cordial and lemon zest until light and fluffy, then gradually add in the eggs until well incorporated.
Step 4:
Gently mix in the flour and baking powder mixture until just lightly mixed.
Step 5:
Spoon the mixture into 2 greased 8" cake tins.
Step 6:
While the cakes are baking, place the lemon juice, water, elderflower cordial and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved completely.
Step 7:
Whilst the cakes are warm, speak in lots of holes with a skewer through the sponges and drizzle the elderflower syrup with a pastry brush to ensure it's all even over both cakes.
Step 8:
Make the buttercream by beating the icing sugar, butter and coridla together until very pale, fluffy and creamy.
Step 9:
Layer the sponge by spreading over some buttercream and then adding some lashings of lemon curd. Sandwich together and chill for 20-30 minutes.
Step 10:
To decorate this, you can choose a simple rough-iced look with no need to crumbcoat. Just generously palette all over using a palette knife. You could top with edible flowers if you wish or simply decorate with additional lemon zest.
If you want to decorate in the ombre style in the video, you will need a little pink food colouring to tint the icing.
Ingredients
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For the Sponge
200gGluten free self raising flour
1 tspBaking powder
200gButter (unsalted)
200gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
5Medium free range egg(s)
2 tbspElderflower cordial
2Lemon zest
For the Drizzle
1Lemon juice
30mlWater
2 tbspElderflower cordial
70gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
For the Buttercream
500gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
225gUnsalted butter (softened)
2 tbspElderflower cordial
Utensils
2x 8in cake tins
Large mixing bowl
Zester
Skewer
Pastry brush
Palette knife
Recipe Reviews
Absolutely DELICIOUS!
Delicious. I love the handy hints for success too.
I have made this cake several times and comes out perfect every time
Just noted the baking time is on the top of the recipe- 30 mins. Hope this helps.
I liked the cake it was pretty good but the flavour wasn't brilliant. but a good cake.