Elderflower Cake

Preparation of elderflower

1. First examine the freshly picked elderflower umbels for uninvited animals and then strip the small flowers from the stems – thanks for the good tip from “GOACH”: it can be done quickly and easily with a hairbrush (unfortunately there was no new one in the house – laugh)

Elderflower milk

1. Bring 2,100 ml milk to the boil and then pour it over 10 g elderflower – a few hours. Let it steep so that the milk takes on the aroma – then strain the milk – squeeze out the flowers a little to get the rest of the aroma out – dispose of the flowers …

Elderflower cake

1. Mix the very soft butter with the sugar in the food processor until frothy – add lemon zest – then slowly add the eggs one after the other while the machine continues to stir
2. Mix flour with potato starch flour and baking powder and add spoonfuls to the dough while the machine continues to stir on a low level – finally add the elderflower milk and the remaining 15 grams of elderflower – stir everything vigorously again

to bake

1. I filled the cake mixture into 6 small molds and a small cake tin – the small cake was in the oven for approx. 50 minutes at 180 degrees O / U, the small molds accordingly less (do a chopstick test) – after baking, fall onto a wire rack and let cool down

Conclusion…

1. a simple old recipe …. but the fine elderflower aroma is unique! IMPORTANT: the elderflower unfolds its aroma best on sunny days (but where do you get sunny days at the moment ?? laugh)