Something Old
Something Simple
Something Sweet
Something Fresh & New
Yes, sponge cakes are fussy, dry and plain.
I think this transformation was well overdue…
Very
Berry Naked Cake...
Step 1:
Make & Bake a Sponge Cake
¾ C Castor Sugar
2 T Sunflower Oil
3 Eggs
½ t Vanilla Essence
1 C Cake Flour
2 t Baking Powder
4 T Water
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius or Gas Mark 4.
- Add Castor Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Eggs, Vanilla Essence and Water in a mixing bowl.
- Mix together well.
- Sift Cake Flour & Baking powder, add and mix to cake mixture.
- Oil 2x 20cm round pans.
- Divide the cake batter equally between the 2 pans and put into the oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove beautifully baked cakes from the oven and allow to cool.
Step 2:
Prep and Sweeten your Fruity Filling & Topping
1 Punnet of each kind of berries:
Raspberries
Mixed Berries:Gooseberries & Blackberries
Castor
Sugar (enough to sweeten fruit)
½ C Mixed
Fruit Jam
- Add 2/3 of the raspberries to a bowl.
- Sweeten with Castor Sugar and squash together.
- Add Mixed Fruit Jam with the raspberry mixture and set aside.
- In a separate bowl plonk the rest of the Raspberries, Gooseberries and Blackberries.
- Coat with a generous helping of Castor Sugar to sweeten berries and set aside.
Step 3:
Fluff up Fresh Chantilly Cream
250 ml Fresh
Cream
5 ml Vanilla
Essence
2 T Icing
Sugar
- Add Fresh Cream, Vanilla Essence and Icing Sugar to a glass bowl.
- Whip creamy mixture into soft peaks.
Note: Please
do taste your Chantilly Cream, Add extra sugar until you are happy.
Step 4:
Layer and Decorate
1. Sponge Cake
2. Chantilly Cream (1/2 mixture)
3. Fruity Raspberry Filling
4. Sponge Cake
5. Chantilly Cream (other ½ mixture)
6. Decorate with Sweetened Fruit Topping.
7. Dust with Icing Sugar.
This cake is an absolute feast to the eye and a festival to your taste buds… But wait!
If you can just resist the urge to gobble up this greatness, cover
with some cling wrap and refrigerate overnight, you will not regret it. Tastes
way, way better the next day… But that’s totally up to You!
Love C