This can be a classic cake recipe that is ideal for birthdays, special events or just for mid-day tea. I have used strawberry jam and fresh bananas since i love the flavour, but you can utilize raspberries or blackberries rather, or perhaps a combination of the 3.
Ingredients
- for that sponge
- • 225g unsalted butter, at 70 degrees, plus extra for greasing
- • 225g self-raising flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting
- • 225g caster sugar
- • 4 large eggs, preferably free-range or organic
- • 1 lemon
- for that filling
- • 250g fresh bananas
- • 1 vanilla pod
- • 150g good-quality strawberry jam
- • 150ml double cream
- • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- • icing sugar, for dusting
To create your sponge
• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4
• Grease the underside and sides of two 20cm sandwich cake tins with butter
• Line the bottom of each tin with greaseproof paper, then dust the edges gently with flour
To create your sponge
• You may make your sponge such as this (by hands), or perhaps in a mixer
• Beat the butter and sugar plus a wooden spoon, until very light and fluffy
• Add some eggs individually, beating each one of these in prior to you set the following
To create your sponge
• Sift within the flour
• Finely grate within the lemon zest then fold it in to the mixture (halve the lemon and reserve it later on)
To bake your sponge
• Divide the wedding cake mix in to the prepared tins and spread it utilizing a spatula
• Bake within the hot oven for approximately twenty minutes, or until gently golden brown and risen
• You should check to find out if the wedding cake is cooked by sticking a cocktail stick or skewer directly into the center of the sponge
To bake your sponge
• Take it off after 5 seconds and when it comes down out clean the cake's cooked if slightly sticky it requires much more time, so restore it in to the oven
• Permit the cakes to awesome slightly within the tins, then carefully turn them on to some rack to awesome completely
To create your filling and finished the wedding cake
• Shell and slice your bananas
• Carefully score the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out all the seeds
• Lightly warm the jam inside a pan on the low heat
To create your filling and finished the wedding cake
• Remove in the heat and stir inside your sliced bananas
• Add some cream to some bowl using the sugar and vanilla seeds, and squeeze within the juice out of your zested lemon
• Whip til you have nice soft peaks
To create your filling and finished the wedding cake
• Select the least attractive sponge to take the underside and set it in the center of your serving platter or cake plate
• Whether it's just a little rounded on the top, simply trim and flatten them back using a sharp knife and rotating home plate and sponge while you cut
To create your filling and finished the wedding cake
• Smear within the jam and bananas, then spread the sweetened cream outrageous
• Put the second cake, using the pretty side facing up, on the top and mud it with icing sugar
Recipe Jamie Oliver
All recipe photgraphy David Loftus and Matt Russell
