Following on from my Blackberry Eton Mess Cake I made a few weeks ago, which went down very well here with my family (and me!), I decided to adapt my Strawberry and Elderflower Cream Cake recipe to add some meringues and came up with, funnily enough, a Strawberry & Elderflower Eton Mess Cake. Not only does it look good, it tastes sooooooo good and with Wimbledon fever now hitting the UK, what an ideal cake to make to sit and eat while cheering on Andy Murray !
Here is how I made it.
- 200g unsalted butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g self raising flour
- 4 eggs
- elderflower cordial
- strawberry jam
- 450ml double cream
- 1 punnet of strawberries
- 2 meringue nests
- 8 mini meringues
- Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
- Grease and line 2 sponge tins (I used 8 inch ones)
- Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and soft
- Add the eggs, 1 tbsp of flour and 2 tsp of elderflower cordial and beat for a couple of minutes
- Fold in the remaining flour
- Divide the batter between the 2 cake tins and place in the oven for about 25 minutes until cooked all the way through
- Leave to cool completely
- When you are ready to assemble your cake:
- Pour the double cream and 1 tbsp of elderflower cordial into a bowl and whisk until thick but not too thick as you still want some movement and for it not to be rigid
- Divide the cream into 2 bowls
- Break up the 2 meringue nests and stir through one portion of the thickened cream
- Take one of the sponges and place on a serving plate.
- Cover the base with a thin layer of the strawberry jam and then top with the crushed meringue cream
- Cover with the other sponge and top this sponge with the plain elderflower cream
- Decorate with the mini meringues and the sliced strawberries
- Your scrummy cake is ready to serve
This cake is so light if a little naughty *ahem*!! The elderflower cream goes so well with the strawberries and meringues. It is just perfcet for a hot summers day treat, and goes down very well whenever I serve it. Of course you do not have to add the meringues, but I find they add a nice bit of texture to the soft sponge, fruit and cream. Make it while British strawberries are now in season and so sweet and juicy.
linking up to Supergolden Bakes
and linking up to Ren Behan’s Simple and in Season linky
This looks totally gorgeous! We love strawberry & cream cake here but this is really special! Love your photo’s too and the very clever way you have the flowers reflecting in the cake slice, clever! #tastytuesdays
Oh my that looks good! Every time I visit your site I want to bake which will not have a good effect on my waist x
OMG Jenny! That’s my ideal cake!! x
This cake combines all the flavours I absolutely love and it looks so tasty too! Bet it didn’t last very long. Thanks so much for linking to #CookBlogShare
WOW this looks amazing and the food styling is great. I love styling my food photos. This is one of my favorite desserts too so right up my street. You are making me want to go make this right now. Thanks for sharing. #tastytuesdays
Oh my goodness, this is like heaven in a cake. All my favourites in one recipe 🙂 I have to make this… Now I just need an excuse!
Oh gosh this looks so good, it is pretty much everything I love the most in one cake! Just lusting over it while I am healthy eating 🙂 xx
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this looks lovely & I’m glad to see that you’re going with your usual ‘more is more’…now pass me a slice in exchange for a sticky bun!
i have booked a train ticket expect me in a few hours
Oh Jenny, this is another amazing bake. I’m guessing you are very popular baking so many tasty treats. This cake is fab for getting in the spirit of Wimbledon like you say.
looks amazing! lots of my favourite things right there #tastytuesdays
Oh wow! Jenny this looks amazing – I don’t tend to use elderflower in baking much after a bad experience of much too strong elderflower but this has tempted me! Thanks so much for joining in with #Bakeoftheweek again x
As always Jenny, simply sublime, you are GIFTED at making cakes! Love this even more than the last link up (I say this every week though)-wow! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Oh my word this looks amazing!
Oh wow this looks amazing. Perfect for summer eating, will definitely have to try it.
Ohh Jenny, it needs no words, yum. Mich x
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