Lovely Lemon Syrup
by Alice Steventon
(England)
This lemon syrup will spruce up a sponge in a jiffy!
Making your own wedding cake? Stuck for ideas? If you're going for a multi-layer cake, spruce up a lemon sponge with my lovely lemon syrup!
Once you have baked your preferred lemon cake recipe, pierce it all over with a cocktail stick or toothpick. While its still warm spoon over the syrup and let it soak it up. Once you've let it soak for half an hour, freeze it until your ready to ice your cake.
Lemon Syrup:
6 tablespoons superfine sugar
juice of 3 lemons
4 tablespoons water
Method:
- Make the syrup by putting all the ingredients into a pan and heating until the sugar dissolves.
- Then bring to the boil and keep it boiling, stirring all the time for 2 minutes.
You can even make a ganache with half the normal amount of chocolate to moisten up a chocolate cake, or an orange syrup made the same way as the lemon syrup to spoon over a carrot cake! There are many combination's, so start experimenting!
