Strawberry Sponge Cake Recipe
Written by admin on December 7th, 2009
Ingredients:
-1 cup Caster sugar ( Berry Ex-Fine)
-2 tsp Grated Lemon rind
-5 Egg yolks
-1/4 cup boiling water
-2 tblsp lemon juice
-1 1/4 cups Self-raising flour
-5 Egg whites
-1 1/2 cups whipping cream
-1/2 tsp vanilla
-1 tblsp icing sugar
-500 g strawberries – washed & hulled
Directions:
Prep – time includes putting the cake together
Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C). Grease & flour 2 – 8 in round or square cake pans.
Stir together the sugar & the lemon rind
Beat egg yolks until light, then gradually beat in sugar.
When very thick & creamy, stir in boiling water & lemon juice
Sift flour twice, then sift over top of egg yolk mixture. Fold in lightly but thoroughly.
Whip egg whites until thick & fold in lightly
Divide mixture evenly between pans.
Bake for 30 mins or until top springs back when touched.
Turn out on wire racks to cool.
Whip cream with vanilla & icing sugar until stiff
Chop most of the strawberries & fold through 3/4 of the cream. Save the remaining cream & some whole strawberries for decoration.
With a long, sharp knife, carefully cut cakes across the center, making 4 layers.
Sandwich layers together with the strawberry/cream mixture
Pipe remaining cream in a lattice pattern over the top & decorate with the remaining strawberries
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