Fresh Fruit and Cream Sponge Cake

The combination of cake, fruit and cream is delicious! One of my favourite cakes, great for guests or special occasions.

Serves 16 | Preparation Time: 45 minutes | Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes

Ingredients Required:

  • 250g Butter
  • 250g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Free Range Eggs
  • 250g Self Raising Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 600ml Double Cream
  • 50g Icing Sugar
  • 1 Fruit Cocktail Tin (415g approx)
  • 1 cup Strawberries
  • 1⁄2 cup Sliced Kiwi
  • 1 cup Pineapple Chunks
  • 1 cup Peach Slices

Method:

  • Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas mark 5 and grease and line two 8 inch sandwich tins

For the cake:

  • Melt the butter, add it to a large mixing bowl with the sugar and mix until well combined.
  • Crack the eggs into a small bowl and mix the eggs but don’t whisk thoroughly.
  • Add the eggs a little at a time to the butter and sugar mixture, whisking as you add, until light and fluffy.
  • Sieve the flour into the mixing bowl, and fold it into the mixture using a wooden spoon.
  • Mix in the vanilla powder and baking soda.
  • If the mixture is too thick, add a little water. You should be able to pour the mixture easily into the tins.
  • Share the mixture evenly between two sandwich tins and place tins into the oven for 25-30 minutes.
  • Remove cakes from the oven when the top is golden brown and a skewer inserted into centre of cakes comes out clean.
  • Allow the cakes to cool (leave them in the tins).

For the cream topping:

  • Add the double cream and icing sugar to a large mixing bowl.
  • Whisk the mixture until it is firm and thick.

For the filling:

  • Drain the tin of fruit cocktail into a bowl.
  • Add a third of the cream topping mixture to the fruit cocktail and mix together.

Assemble the cake:

  • Take one of the cakes and top it with the fruit cocktail and cream mixture, spreading evenly over the cake.
  • Place the other cake carefully over this cake, and remove the cakes onto a serving plate.
  • Using a palate knife, spread the remaining cream topping evenly on top of the cake and the sides.
  • Decorate cake with the fruit. (Add any fruit of your choice, the fruit I added is my personal preference)

Enjoy 🙂

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