Pimm’s cup traybake recipe

Ingredients

• 325g soft unsalted butter
• 250g caster sugar
• 325g self-raising flour
• 4 medium eggs
• 2 medium egg yolks (reserve the whites for the buttercream topping)
• zest of 2 large oranges (use the oranges for topping)
• 150g dried apricots, chopped
• 300ml Pimm’s
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 medium egg whites
• 200g unsalted butter, softened, cut into small pieces
• 2-3 tbsp Pimm’s
• a few mint leaves, finely chopped
• 2 large oranges, peeled, pith and seeds removed, diced
• 300g strawberries, chopped
• 2-inch piece of cucumber, peeled and diced (optional)