Afternoon Teatime Cake
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
55 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
1
- For the cake
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- For the filling and decoration
- 1 cup strawberry conserve
- 1.333 cups cream (48% fat)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp powdered sugar
- sugar
Preparation steps
1.
For the cake: heat the oven to 190°C (170° fan) 375°F gas 5. Grease 2 x 20cm|8" loose-based cake tins and line the bases with non-stick baking paper.
2.
Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
3.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well to combine. Add the flour and mix well.
4.
Spoon into the tins and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and springy to the touch. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
5.
Place one cake upside down.
6.
For the filling: stir the conserve to loosen and spread over the inverted cake.
7.
Whisk the cream, vanilla and icing sugar until thick. Spoon on top of the conserve.
8.
Place the remaining cake on top and and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
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