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Viewed: 27 - Published at: 4 years agoIngredients
- 75 g honey (set)
- 250 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon ground cloves
- 75 g caster sugar (golden)
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest
- 1 orange, finely grated zest
- 100 g butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 50 g dried apricots, blended to a paste
- 100 g icing sugar, sifted
- 1 12 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons warm water
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3 and lighly buter a 18 cm square cake tin.
- Warm the honey in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water.
- Sift the flour and spices into a mixing bowl, then add the caster sugar and fruit zest.
- Rub the butter into the flour until crumbly.
- Lightly mix in the egg and honey.
- In a separate small bowl, mix the bicarbonate of soda with 3 tablespoons of cold water until dissolved, then add the cake mix and beat well.
- Stir in the apricots and spread the mxture into the tin.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the tin before turning out.
- To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl, Add the lemon juice and water and mix until well blended.
- Pour the icing over the cake.
- It will take a little while to set.
