Great British sponge cake recipe
- 5 peppercorns, ground
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 tsp mint (freeze dried)
- 250 g (8.8oz) self-raising flour
- 0.25 salt
- 250 g (8.8oz) margarine or butter
- 250 g (8.8oz) vanilla sugar
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 250 g (8.8oz) cream cheese
- 150 ml (5.3fl oz) double cream
- 100 g (3.5oz) icing sugar
- 250 g (8.8oz) strawberries, quartered
- 200 g (7.1oz) blueberries
- Grease and line 2 20 cm round sandwich tins.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4.
- Cream together the margarine and vanilla sugar until light and creamy.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and slowly add to the mixture, along with the eggs.
- Divide the mixture between the two prepared tins and smooth the tops.
- Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until well-risen and golden brown and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Leave to cool in the tins for 10 minutes then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
- When completely cool, cut each cake in half horizontally so you have four thin cakes.
- To make the filling, beat together the cream cheese, cream and icing sugar until thick and smooth.
- Spread the cream on top of one cake layer and scatter over one quarter of the strawberries and blueberries.
- Top with another cake and repeat.
ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, mint, flour, salt, margarine, vanilla sugar, eggs, cream cheese, icing sugar, strawberries, blueberries
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/15826/jubilee-sponge-cake-recipe (may not work)