Festive Tree Sponges
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
50 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups self-rising flour
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 0.333 cup caster sugar
- 0.333 cup honey
- 1 Tbsp Corn starch
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 medium eggs
- 0.333 cup powdered sugar
Preparation steps
1.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C | 350F | gas 4.
2.
Combine the flour, unsalted butter, sugar, honey, cornflour, eggs and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Beat using an electric hand-held whisk until smooth; usually 2-3 minutes.
3.
Grease and line a 10 inch square cake tin with greaseproof paper.
4.
Spoon the cake batter into the tin and bake for 20-25 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted into the centre.
5.
Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes before turning out and allowing to cool completely.
6.
Use a large Christmas tree shaped cookie cutter to cut 4 pieces of cake out from the whole cake. Dust with the icing sugar and serve.
