Dandelion & Burdock Cake

 

Yes you are reading that correctly! A cake based on the popular fizzy drink, I was dubious before making this, even though I love the drink, I didn’t know how it would work out in a cake – but the result is one of the best cakes I've made! I also made this for my birthday cake treats for the people at work and it went down a storm! hmm all this talk of cake has made me want some… 

Serves 6 - 8 – Ready in about 60 - 90 minutes

Ingredients 

·         225g / 8oz Plain Flour

·         225g / 8oz Caster Sugar

·         1 tsp Bircarbonate of Soda

·         100g / 3 ½ oz Mini Marshmallows

·         65g /2 ¼ fl oz Vegetable Oil

·         3 tbsp Cocoa Powder

·         200ml / 7fl oz Dandelion and Burdock drink

·         100g / 3 ½ fl oz Buttermilk

·         2 Free Range Eggs

For The Icing:

·         65g / 2 ¼ oz Unsalted Butter

·         1 ½ tbsp Cocoa Powder

·         50ml / 1 ¾ fl oz Dandelion and Burdock Drink

·         150g / 5 ¼ oz icing sugar

·         100g / 3 ½ oz chopped pecans

Now for the How To:

·         Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 30cm/12in baking tin.

·         Sift the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, then add the marshmallows.

·         Meanwhile, heat the butter, oil, cocoa powder and dandelion and burdock in a saucepan until boiling.

·         Pour the butter mixture onto the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. Mix in the buttermilk and eggs.

·         Pour the cake batter into the cake tin and bake for 45-60 minutes, or until the sides of the cake are coming away from the sides of the cake tin and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.

·         Meanwhile, for the icing, heat the butter, cocoa powder and dandelion and burdock in a saucepan until boiling. Sift in the icing sugar and mix until well combined. Stir in the chopped pecans.

·         Spread the icing over the cake and set aside to cool completely.

The end result is so good it’s a bit sticky but delicious, the dandelion and burdock flavor isn’t over powering, it just adds an extra flavor into the cake, most people can’t even establish the pop is used, but it just tastes amazing!

Next up is Goan Fish Curry

Bye for Now! X