Gary Rhodes' black cherry victoria sponge cake
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Gary Rhodes' black cherry victoria sponge cake
No commentsA splash of Amaretto liqueur stirred into the cherry cream enriches the flavour of the cherries in this delicious treat.
This recipe is part of Marie Curie's Blooming Great Tea Party campaign.
Extracted from Gary RhodeS 365 by Gary Rhodes published by Michael Joseph. Text © Gary Rhodes 2008
Ingredients
- 175g (6oz) self-raising flour
- 1 level teaspoon baking powder
- 175g (6oz) butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
- 175g (6oz) caster sugar
- grated zest of 1 orange or 1 lemon
- a few drops of vanilla essence
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- milk, to loosen
- icing sugar, for dusting
- 150ml (5fl oz) double cream
- 200g (7oz) black cherry jam
Serves:
8
Directions
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- Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/gas 3. Lightly grease two 20cm (8 inch) in diameter and 2.5cm (1 inch) deep cake tins with a little butter and line the bottoms with greaseproof paper.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Put the butter, caster sugar, zest and vanilla essence in another bowl and, using an electric hand whisk, beat together for 1 to 2 minutes until light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until totally combined. Fold in the flour. The mixture should drop off a spoon easily, but if it is too thick, loosen with a little milk.
- Divide the mixture between the two tins, smoothing the tops. Bake in the centre of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes. To check the sponges are cooked, press your finger gently on top and the imprint should spring back. If it doesn’t, bake for a further 5 minutes.
- Remove the cakes from the oven and leave to rest for a few minutes, then run a knife around the edges, turning the cakes out on to a wire rack. Remove the greaseproof paper and leave to cool completely.
- Whip the double cream to a soft peak and fold in the cherry jam. Spread the cherry cream over one of the sponges and sit the other sponge on top, then dust with icing sugar.
Source: Marie Curie's Blooming Great Tea Party
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