Strawberry Cake Recipe

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A strawberry cake

Ingredients

Sponge Cake

  • 180 g of sponge mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 45 ml of milk
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  • 45 g of butter (melted)

    • Sugar Syrup

  • 1˝ tbsp Grand Marnier
  • 1˝ tbsp sugar syrup/cold water

    • Strawberries Filling/ Cream

  • 200g strawberries (sliced)
  • 1˝ tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp Grand Marnier
  • 300g fresh cream (whipped)
  • ˝ tsp strawberry emulco

    • Preparation

    1. To make sponge cake, preheat oven to 180°C; line bottom of a 18cm (7-in) cake tin with greaseproof paper.
    2. Beat sponge mix, eggs and milk in a mixer with high speed until light and fluffy.
    3. Turn to low speed, mix in essence and fold in melted butter until well blended.
    4. Spread batter into prepared tin and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Split into 3 layers.
    5. To make sugar syrup, stir Grand Marnier with sugar syrup or cold water well.
    6. To make filling, marinate strawberries slices with caster sugar and Grand Marnier for a while.
    7. Stir strawberry emulco with whipped cream forms strawberry cream.
    8. To assemble, glaze sugar syrup onto sponge slices. Spread with strawberry cream and sprinkle with some marinade strawberries.
    9. Sandwich together with another sponge cake until finished.
    10. Coat the cake with strawberry cream. Decorate with strawberries and almond flakes.

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