Moisten & Flavor the Cake With This Simple Syrup
Added August 03, 2005 | Recipe #132244
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OPTIONAL: for you can use 3-4 tablespoons orange liqueur, cognac, coffee liqueur, Amaretto or Frangelica or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract. You can add cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger to the water if you want additional flavoring!
This is great in ice and hot drinks!
This can be placed in pretty jars and wrapped for gifts as well.
Ingredients:
1 ⁄3 ; cup
hot water
¼ cup
sugar
3 -4 tablespoons
lavender
fresh edible flowers
Directions:
1
Stir 1/3 cup hot water into 1/4 cup sugar. Heat until dissolved.
2
Strain petals.
3
Cool quickly with 1/2 cup ice cubes.
4
When dissolved sprinkle over each cake layer before spreading on the filling.
Ratings & Reviews:
Made my cake nice and moist...loved it!
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Great Idea . . . used this over leftover Kahlua cake it worked out great! Thanks for sharing.
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I used this over MizzNezz's Quick Yellow Cake Quick Yellow Cake and used Lennie's Fluffy Frosting to cover. It made the cake nice and moist. My husband loved it, and so did my DS and I! Thanks Rita, this will be used when I make cakes from now on!
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Nutritional Facts for Moisten & Flavor the Cake With This Simple Syrup
Serving Size: 1 (10 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
% Daily Value
Calories 19.3
Calories from Fat 0
%
Total Fat 0.0 g
0%
Saturated Fat 0.0 g
0%
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
0%
Sodium 0.1 mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate 5.0 g
1%
Dietary Fiber 0.0 g
0%
Sugars 5.0 g
20%
Protein 0.0 g
0%
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fresh edible flowers
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