Elderflower and Lemon Drizzle Cake

Elderflowers are for many the smell and taste of Summer. They are out for a relatively short window of time in the year and there are many delicious things you can make with them. Here we show how to make an Elderflower and Lemon Drizzle Cake.

The process is fairly simple: you make a cake batter (with lemon zest in it), put it in your cake tin or cupcake cases and bake the cake. Then you’ll make an elderflower and lemon syrup by squeezing out the lemon juice, adding the elderflowers to it and a little sugar or honey and heating this on a low heat until the colour has gone from the elderflowers. You then strain the elderflowers out, poke holes in your freshly baked cakes with a cocktail stick and pour the syrup into the cake. This is the best way we’ve found to bring out the elderflower flavour.