Raspberry Gin Cherry Bakewell

A super sweet, raspberry gin infused cherry bakewell cake

Posted by Cat Morley

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Cocktails and cakes go perfectly together, so we added a raspberry liqueur twist to a cherry bakewell for a super sweet and boozy treat.

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You Will Need (14 things)

  • 180 g Flour
  • 180 g Ground Almonds
  • 180 g Butter
  • 150 g Fresh Raspberries
  • 120 g Sugar
  • 3 tbsp Raspberry Edinburgh Gin
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 Egg(s)

  • For the icing

  • 50 g Icing Sugar
  • 1 ½ tbsp Milk
  • 50 g Cocktail Cherries , cut in half
  • 50 g Cocktail Cherries , cut into quarters
  • Sliced Almonds

Steps (7 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Mix together the flour and baking powder until well combined. Add the ground almonds, butter, sugar, eggs and raspberry gin and whisk with an electric mixer to form a thick batter.

  2. 2

    Grease a cake tin and spread three quarters of the batter into the tin.

  3. 3

    Chop 50g of cocktail cherries into quarters and sprinkle on top of the cake along with all of the fresh raspberries.

  4. 4

    Spread the remaining cake batter on top and bake in an oven for 45 minutes at 180'C.

  5. 5

    When golden, remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool.

  6. 6

    Mix together the icing sugar and milk until runny and spread over your cake and sprinkle with sliced almonds.

  7. 7

    Cut the remaining cocktail cherries in half and place around the cake.