Summer in a cake with fresh Scottish raspberries
Summer means fresh fruit and with fresh Scottish raspberries in season we used these instead of strawberries. We much prefer a raspberry to a strawberry, be them fresh or in jam. Go crazy with the amount of raspberries to use here, as they are so tasty. Thanks to Scotty Brand for supplying the fresh Scottish raspberries.
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Ingredients
175g butter, softened
175g caster sugar
3 eggs
175g self-raising flour
250ml double cream – whipped.
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for decoration
400g fresh raspberries
4 tbsp raspberry jam
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
Butter and line with parchment paper, two 18cm (7in) sandwich tins.
Beat together the butter and the sugar until fully mixed and the colour is pale and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well.
Add the flour and fold in.
Divide the mixture evenly between the tins.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the sponge cakes have risen.
Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
Once the cakes are cool spread the jam on one of the sponge cakes.
Spread half of the whipped cream on top.
Place half of the raspberries on top of the cream.
Place the other sponge cake on top and spread with the remaining whipped cream or pipe the cream on top.
Arrange the remaining raspberries on top of the cream.
Dust with icing sugar for extra oooohness.
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Raspberry Victoria Sponge Cake
Ingredients
- 175 g butter softened
- 175 g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 175 g self-raising flour
- 250 ml double cream - whipped.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp icing sugar plus extra for decoration
- 400 g fresh raspberries
- 4 tbsp raspberry jam
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
- Butter and line with parchment paper, two 18cm (7in) sandwich tins.
- Beat together the butter and the sugar until fully mixed and the colour is pale and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well.
- Add the flour and fold in.
- Divide the mixture evenly between the tins.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the sponge cakes have risen.
- Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
- Once the cakes are cool spread the jam on one of the sponge cakes.
- Spread half of the whipped cream on top.
- Place half of the raspberries on top of the cream.
- Place the other sponge cake on top and spread with the remaining whipped cream or pipe the cream on top.
- Arrange the remaining raspberries on top of the cream.
- Dust with icing sugar for extra oooohness.
Got strawberries? Then how about making this Strawberry Tart Recipe?
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