Ombré cake

4.6 14 ratings

Prep. 1 h

Total 4 h

20 portions

Ingredients

Syrup

caster sugar
100 g
lime zest only, no white pith
1
gin
120 g
juniper berries crushed
10
tonic water
80 g
lime juice only
1

Four cake layers

unsalted butter softened and cut into pieces, plus extra to grease
445 g
caster sugar
400 g
eggs room temperature
8
milk
4 tbsp
self-raising flour
440 g
natural green food colouring

Butter icing

unsalted butter softened and cut into pieces
500 g
icing sugar
700 g
milk
1 tbsp
natural vanilla extract
1 tsp

Assembly

natural green food colouring

Difficulty

advanced

Nutrition per 1 portion

Sodium 341 mg

Protein 4.1 g

Calories 2886.8 kJ / 687.3 kcal

Fat 42.3 g

Fibre 0.6 g

Saturated Fat 27 g

Carbohydrates 76.9 g

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