Gin & Lime Drizzle Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 250 g caster sugar
• 250 g margarine
• 250 g self raising flour
• 2 limes (zested)
• 60 ml lime juice
• 60 ml gin
• 1 tbsp gin
• 100 g icing sugar
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 lime (zested)

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 180ºC (fan assisted, 200ºC non fan) and line a 2lb loaf tin

2. 2

   Cream together the sugar and the butter until pale and fluffy

3. 3

   Add the eggs and mix before adding the flour and lime zest and mix again until smooth. Add the gin and lime juice and mix again

4. 4

   Pour the mix into the loaf tin and smooth the top

5. 5

   Bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean

6. 6

   Allow the cake to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing it from the tin and leaving it to cool completely on a wire rack

7. 7

   Mix the gin, lime juice and icing sugar together

8. 8

   Drizzle over the cake and sprinkle with lime zest