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Strawberry birthday cake
A pretty cake that won’t take you long to make
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Ready in 40 minutes plus cooling
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Cooking time 20 minutes
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Prep time 20 minutes plus cooling
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Serves 8 toddlers or 4 adults
Ingredients
- 225 g unsalted butter
- 225 g Fairtrade golden caster sugar
- 3 drops vanilla extract
- 4 free-range eggs
- 225 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
For the filling:
- 40 g unsalted butter, softened
- 100 g icing sugar
- 2 tbsp strawberry jam
To decorate:
- 3 fresh strawberries, for the icing
- 125 g icing sugar
- 1 small handful strawberries, chopped
- 1 small handful raspberries
- Sweets such as dolly mixture, jelly beans and white chocolate rainbow drops
- Birthday candles
Method
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1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Butter and line the bases of 2 x 20cm sandwich cake tins.
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2
Put the butter, sugar and vanilla extract into a bowl and beat together with an electric hand mixer until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
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3
Add the eggs, one at a time, continuing to beat. Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl and gently fold in using a metal spoon. Mix in the milk until the mixture softens enough to drop easily from the spoon.
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4
Divide the cake mixture between the tins and bake for 20 minutes or until cooked. Leave to cool in the tins, before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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5
To make the filling, beat all the ingredients until combined. Spread over one cake, and top with the other cake.
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6
To decorate, mash the strawberries in a bowl. Stir in enough icing sugar to make a thick icing. Spread over the cake, then decorate with the fruit, sweets and candles.
