Strawberries & Fresh Cream Cake
Author: Jenny Paulin
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Serves: 12
- 225g butter + extra for greasing
- 225g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 225g self raising flour
- strawberry jam
- 350ml double cream
- 1-2 tsp vanilla extract
- fresh strawberries
- 2 meringue nests, crushed
- Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
- grease and line 2 x 8 inch cake tins
- Cream the butter and sugar together for 5 minutes until soft and pale
- add the eggs and vanilla extract, plus 1 spoonful of flour and beat well for a few minutes until light and airy
- Add the flour and carefully fold in and mix well
- Pour in to the two tins
- bake for 22-25 minutes until risen and cooked right through
- remove from the oven and allow to cool
- once your sponges are cold, whip the cream with 1-2 tsp of vanilla extract until thick but not too stiff and place inside a piping bag
- spread some jam on one of the sponges
- pipe cream on top of the jam
- add the other sponge and pipe more cream onto the top
- Decorate with your strawberries
- add some crushed meringue just before serving
- enjoy x
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2016/07/strawberries-fresh-cream-cake.html
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