Strawberry Parade
- 150 g whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 8 tablespoons Splenda granular
- 3 tablespoons dried powdered milk
- 3 tablespoons milk, mixed with 6 tbsp water
- 8 tablespoons ground almonds
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 7 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence, pinch of salt
- 500 g strawberries
- 500 g cream cheese
- 5 tablespoons Splenda granular
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- handful sliced almonds
- For the sponge cake:.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C fan.
- Line the bases of 2 round cake tins and grease the sides with low fat cooking spray.
- Sift flour, baking powder into a bowl.
- Stir in the Splenda, dried milk and ground almonds.
- Add eggs, oil, milk with water, vanilla essence and salt.
- Mix this into the dry ingredients using a wooden spoon.
- The mixture should have a soft dropping consistency.
- If not, add another tbsp of water.
- Spoon into the prepared tins.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely --
- For the strawberry cream cheese filling:.
- Lightly stew half a box of fresh strawberries and mash to make a paste.
- Add 2 1/2tbs Splenda.
- Beat together cream cheese, remaining Splenda and vanilla extract.
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- Layer middle of cake with stewed mashed strawberries and cream cheese mix.
- Garnish with sliced strawberries, almonds and cover cake with remaining cream cheese mixture.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/strawberry-parade-403342 (may not work)