Triple Citrus Cake and Clandestine Cake Club

Last weekend I attended my first ever Clandestine Cake Club (CCC). I joined 2 London clubs for a while but never made it due to other commitments. So when I moved to my new place, I decided to see if there was one near me. In fact there were 2 nearby but one was due to meet in a few weeks so I quickly signed up. The theme was "Spring Fling" and there were 12 amazing cakes on display. The cakes were Lemon cream, coconut and lime, orange and almond, springtime on Madeira, citrus layer cake with pastel sprinkles, Lavender and Lemon, Spring bunny carrot cake, orange daffodil almond cake, violet festival cake, chocolate mini egg cake, spring flowers cake, orange and lemon layer cake with limoncello frosting. It was a very enjoyable morning of tea, cake and chat. We also got to take cake home which meant I could sample all the cakes :) I can't wait for the next cake club! 

I initially wanted to make a pastel swirl cake after watching this video on sweetapolita but I ran out of time and icing so I did a simple icing instead. I'm still getting used to my new oven and managed to burn 1 of the 3 layers in the cake which I ended up re-baking the morning of the cake club! The finished cake didn't look too bad in the end and it was edible. I made a basic sponge cake which I divided into three. I added the zest of 1 fruit and 1 tablespoon of juice to each bowl (1 orange, 1 lemon and 1 lime) I also added a little food colouring appropriate to that fruit.

 triple citrus

 orange, lime and lemon

 I couldn't find all my food colours but I think you get the idea :) 

 My freshly baked layer on top of my pre-frosted cake 

 the finished product - extremely uneven layers! Will have to try harder next time!