Clove lemon syrup

Clove Lemon Syrup

Clove lemon syrup is a refreshing twist on classic home made lemonade. If you have a soda stream you can even make your own lemon soda!

Originally published in the Cairns Post, January 29th, 1953

Ingredients

570ml or 2 1/2 US cups water

2 cups of white sugar

1 1/2 cups of lemon juice

18 whole cloves

Method

Put everything in a saucepan and boil for 2 minutes.

Turn off the heat and strain out the cloves.

Let the syrup cool completely.

To serve, take a glass of ice water and add as much syrup as you like. Stir and drink!

Retro Christmas cake

Give a Store Bought Christmas Cake a Retro Look

Give a store bought Christmas cake a quick 60’s retro makeover!

For my Americanian viewers, fruit jubes = gum drops :)

Stuff you’ll need

An iced fruit cake.

Gum drops (also known as fruit jubes)

Some fine white sugar

 Method

Cut the jubes into fine slices.

Roll in sugar so they don’t stick to everything in sight.

Stop eating them (yes, I’m talking to you).

Make a pretty decoration on your cake.