Strawberries And Cream Sponge Cake
- 5 None large eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup self-rising flour, sifted
- 1/2 tbsp butter, mixed with 4 tbsp boiling water
- 9 oz strawberries, halved
- None None FOR THE CHANTILLY CREAM
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- None None FOR THE ICING
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 None passionfruit, pulp scooped out
- 4 1/2 tbsp butter, softened
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Grease 2 (8 inch) cake pans and dust with flour.
- In a stand mixer, whip egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff and glossy. Beat in egg yolks, 1 at a time, then fold in flour. Add dissolved butter and mix until combined. Distribute between cake pans and bake for 20 mins, or until cake springs back when touched. Turn out onto a clean tea towel to cool.
- Place 1 sponge cake on a cake plate and cover with strawberries.
- To make the chantilly cream, whip ingredients together to soft peaks. Spread over strawberries then top with remaining sponge cake.
- To make the icing, beat ingredients together until smooth. Spread over cake.
eggs, sugar, flour, butter, strawberries, chantilly cream, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, icing, powdered sugar, passionfruit, butter
Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/37275 (may not work)