Blackberry Eton Mess Cake
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Recipe type: desserts
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Serves: 10
 
Ingredients
  • 200g unsalted butter
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 200g self raising flour
  • 4 eggs
  • elderflower cordial
  • bramble preserve
  • 450ml double cream
  • 1 tbsp bramble preserve
  • 1 punnet blackberries
  • 2 meringue nests
  • 8 mini meringues
Instructions
  1. Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
  2. Grease and line 2 sponge tins (I used 8 inch ones)
  3. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and soft
  4. Add the eggs, 1 tbsp of flour and 2 tsp of elderflower cordial and beat for a couple of minutes
  5. Fold in the remaining flour together with 2 tbsp of the bramble preserve
  6. Divide the batter between the 2 cake tins and place in the oven for about 25 minutes until cooked all the way through
  7. Leave to cool completely
  8. When you are ready to assemble your cake:
  9. 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
  10. Divide the cream into 2 bowl
  11. Break up the 2 meringue nests and along with another 1 tbsp of the bramble preserve stir through one portion of the thickened cream
  12. Take one of the sponges and place on a serving plate.
  13. Cover the base with a thin layer of the bramble preserve and then top with the crushed meringue cream
  14. Cover with the other sponge and top this sponge with the plain elderflower cream
  15. Decorate with the mini meringues and the blackberries
  16. Your scrummy cake is ready to serve
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2014/05/blackberry-eton-mess-cake.html