Recipe excerpted from The Hebridean Baker: My Scottish Island Kitchen by Coinneach MacLeod. Copyright © 2022. Printed by Sourcebooks. Pictures © Susie Lowe.
Sizzling Toddy Bundt Cake
For the bundt:
- 225 grams (8 ounces) butter
- 225 grams (8 ounces) caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 225 grams (8 ounces) self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 lemon, zested
Icing:
- 200 grams (7 ounces) icing sugar
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons whisky
- (1 teaspoon of chilly water at a time if wanted to create a runnier consistency)
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Preheat your oven to 160°C fan (350°F). Evenly butter your bundt tin (I take advantage of a 20cm/8-inch silicone bundt tin).
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Cream collectively the butter and sugar with a handheld mixer till mild and fluffy. Beat within the eggs, one after the other, till nicely mixed.
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Sift within the flour and baking powder, and stir collectively rigorously on a low pace till simply mixed.
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Add the honey and lemon zest, combine nicely.
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Place the batter into the ready tin and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or till a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clear. Put bundt on sheet pan for higher help
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Permit to chill within the tin for five minutes, then rigorously launch the cake onto a wire rack. Go away to chill fully.
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To make the icing, sieve the icing sugar right into a bowl and start to combine within the lemon juice and whisky to make a thick however pourable icing. If it isn’t runny sufficient to pour on, combine it in a teaspoon of water.
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Pour the icing over the cake, scatter over the lemon zest and serve—an accompanying mug of scorching toddy is non-compulsory!
Bake from Scratch used the next US substances and tools throughout testing: softened unsalted butter, medium eggs, Gold Medal Self-Rising Flour, double-acting baking powder; and 10-cup-capacity silicone Bundt pan. All dry substances needs to be measured by weight, not quantity.
For greatest outcomes, we advocate putting the silicone bundt pan on a baking sheet to help the underside, and letting the cake cool within the pan for quarter-hour earlier than inverting it onto a wire rack.
