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12:32 PM 7th April 2020
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Mini Strawberry Soft Cake With Slingsby Rhubarb Gin

 
What is better than cupcakes? BOOZY CUPCAKES!

Here is a recipe from Brigit’s Bakery who uses Slingsby Gin to make the most delicious cupcakes.

Slingsby is the current Gin partner for Brigit’s Bakery’s Gin Lovers Afternoon Tea Bus Tour. Currently all tours are on hold but they have revealed one of their recipes from the afternoon tea for people to make and enjoy at home!

Recipe makes 30 cakes

Ingredients for strawberry whipped ganache:

75 g strawberry puree
250 g liquid whipping cream
15 g caster sugar
20g Slingsby Rhubarb Gin
175 g white chocolate

Method:

In a saucepan put together strawberry puree and caster sugar and bring gently to boil.

Pour over white chocolate and mix well using a spatula to create a ganache

Add in the cold liquid whipping cream and the rhubarb gin and mix well to combine (if you have an electrical hand blender, just give the mix a blend)

Keep the mix in the fridge to cool down. (The mix has to be cold to be able to whip it. So I suggest you do the ganache a few hours before or even better the day before so it rests gently overnight)

Ingredients for sponge cakes:

310 g caster sugar
240g white flour
240 g whole eggs
4g baking powder
137g liquid whipping cream
75g melted butter
2g salt
70g Slingsby rhubarb gin
100 g fresh strawberries

Method:

In a bowl, mix the cream with caster sugar, whole eggs and salt.

Sift flour and baking powder and add it to step 1.

Add the melted butter (not hot butter) and the rhubarb gin.

Pipe around 30g of the sponge mix into a cupcake case

Dice your strawberries and place one piece on the top of each cake.

Bake for 11/12 minutes at 160° C.

Leave at room temperature to cool down.

Finishing off:

Put the strawberry ganache mix into a bowl of a stand mixer and whip using the whisk to obtain a smooth and firm texture.

Have your sponge cakes ready on a tray. Prepare a piping bag with a fluted piping nozzle.

Put the whipped ganache inside the bag and pipe a rosette on the top of your sponge cake.

You can finish off by adding a little piece of fresh strawberry.


Now time to enjoy....with a G&T on the side of course!

Information about Brigit's Bakery here:
https://b-bakery.com/

Cocktail recipes from Slingsby Gin can be found here:
https://www.spiritofharrogate.co.uk/our-story/