Pimms Cake for Boozy Bakes - Clandestine Cake Club

This week was my monthly Clandestine Cake Club which meant it was time to find a new recipe to try. I'd chosen the theme of Boozy Bakes because we were meeting at the Unthank Arms, a pub in Norwich. It was a little bizarre really, because I don't drink. Not for any specific reason other than I don't like the taste and I figure my body has enough to deal with, with the ME, without me adding more things for it to fight.

I spotted this recipe for a Pimms Cake in the Sainbury's Magazine. Pimms is about the only alcohol I do drink, probably because it's light, fruity and I water it down with a lot of lemonade.

The cake turned out to be really easy and very yummy - I skipped the meringue buttercream. Frankly it's a lot of faff and I don't think it tastes any better than the normal butter icing I make. It went down really well and was very refreshing on the warm summer evening.

The rest of the cakes at the Club were delicious - I couldn't pick a favourite; but I really enjoyed the ginger beer and rhubarb cake, the pina colada cake and both the chocolate and stout/Guiness cakes.

Now I'm craving cake again....