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Great British celebration cake

Prep time: 30 mins

Baking time: 30 mins

Servings: 12

Cake:

175g (6 oz) self raising flour
1 level teaspoon baking powder
175g (6 oz) Stork Liquid
175g (6 oz) castor sugar
3 medium eggs
2 tablespoons milk
2 Finely grated rind of 2 citrus fruits e.g. lemon, orange or lime

Citrus Syrup:

Juice of 2 citrus fruits, strained
115g (4 oz) castor sugar

Topping:

284ml carton Elmlea whipping
250g fresh berries e.g. strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cherries and black grapes, to decorate

Method:

  1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl, add the remaining cake ingredients and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
  2. Spoon the mixture into greased and base lined 2 x 20cm sandwich tins or one 20cm square cake tin.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C, 160°C fan, gas mark 4 for 30 minutes in the sandwich tins or 45 — 50 minutes in the square tin or until cooked.
  4. Turn out on to a wire tray.
  5. Put the fruit juice and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
  6. Whilst cake is warm, drizzle the syrup over so that it soaks into the cake.
  7. When cold, split the square cake in half and sandwich together with half the Elmlea. Reserve some Elmlea for decoration and spread remainder over the top of the cake. Decorate with fresh berries in the shape of a Union Jack and pipe with remaining Elmlea to decorate.

Each serving contains:
Calories Kcal35818%
Sugars g26.229%
Fat g12.132%
Saturates g7.638%
Salt g (based on sodium)0.47%
of an adult's Guideline Daily Amount

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