Pimm's Layer Cake Recipe | Classic Summer Dessert Recipes

Ingredients

• 440g unsalted butter, softened
• 440g Caster sugar
• 6 eggs
• 440g self-raising flour, sifted
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 30g crystallised ginger, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp ginger ale
• 4 tbsp Pimm’s
• 1 kg icing sugar, sifted
• 500g unsalted butter, softened
• 4-6 tbsp whole milk
• 20g finely chopped cucumber skin
• Purée from 1 large peeled cucumber
• A few drops of green food colouring
• A splash of Pimm’s
• 1 tsp strawberry essence
• A few drops of pink food colouring
• 1 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves
• 1 tsp mint essence
• zest and rind of 1 orange
• 1 tsp orange essence
• A few drops of orange food colouring
• Fresh strawberries and orange slices
• Cucumber slices
• Mint leaves