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Strawberry Sponge Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 (85g) package strawberry flavoured jelly mix (recommended: Jell-O)
- fresh strawberries, :for garnish
- 30g icing sugar
- 240ml double cream
- 500g fresh strawberries, sliced
- 2 tbsp cognac
- 50g caster sugar
- 1 (520g) box strawberry cake mix
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4
- Follow cake directions as written on cake mix box
- Remove from oven and cool cake completely
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine strawberries, cognac and sugar
- Let macerate 20 mins
- Invert and release cake onto a decorative platter
- Whip cream with icing sugar and vanilla at medium-high speed until it reaches stiff peaks
- Do not over whip
- Make jelly as directed on box
- Refrigerate jelly mix but do not let it harden, it should cool to a liquid consistency
- Using a straw, poke holes all over the cake
- Pour jelly into holes and spread over the top of the cake
- Spread layer of macerated strawberries on top of cake
- Spread layer of whipped cream on top of the strawberries, making pretty swirls and ripples
- Garnish with fresh strawberries
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hrs
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