For this special cake I wanted elderberries through and through. Elderberry syrup in the batter, elderberry-blueberry preserves for the jelly filling and elderflower syrup in frosting. The citrus zest added an extra-bright zing.
Fruit trees can be propagated from cuttings, but this guide focuses on an even more effective method — air layering! It’s a simple process that creates clones of your existing trees by allowing a branch to grow roots and become a whole new tree.