Name: Strawberry and cream sponge cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: • 6 x 60g eggs; • 185g caster sugar; • 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped; • 40g melted butter; • 180g self-raising flour, sifted twice; • 4 Tbsp strawberry jam; • 250g punnet strawberries,hulled, thinly sliced; • 200ml thickened cream, whipped; • Icing sugar, to dust

This traditional teatime delight will turn any afternoon into a special occasion.

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Ingredients

• 6 x 60g eggs

• 185g caster sugar

• 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped

• 40g melted butter

• 180g self-raising flour, sifted twice

• 4 Tbsp strawberry jam

• 250g punnet strawberries,hulled, thinly sliced

• 200ml thickened cream, whipped

• Icing sugar, to dust

Method

Preheat oven to 185°C and line a 22cm round spring form cake tin with baking paper.

Put eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk for 3 minutes or until foamy. With motor running, steadily sprinkle in sugar and add vanilla seeds. Continue whisking until mixture is thick and foamy.

Gently fold in butter and flour with a large metal spoon. Pour mixture into prepared tin.

Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Using a large serrated knife, cut cake in half horizontally. Spread jam on bottom half of cake. Top with strawberries, then a layer of whipped cream. Smooth surface, then gently sandwich with top half of cake and serve dusted with icing sugar.

TIP: If this cake is for a dinner party, serve with fresh strawberries or strawberry coulis on the side.

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