Jubilee Sponge Cake

The perfect sponge cake for the Jubilee bank holiday weekend!

Credited to: Coeliac UK

Kcal: 385.0

Difficulty: More of a challenge

Serves 15
30 mins prep
30 mins cooking time

Ingredients

  • 100g (4oz) butter or cooking margarine
  • 175g (6oz) gluten free flour*
  • 50g (2oz) ground almonds
  • 2 tsp (10g) baking powder*
  • 4 large eggs
  • 225g (8oz) caster sugar
  • 125ml (4fl oz) full-fat Greek yoghurt
  • zest 2 lemons
  • 2 drops of vanilla essence
For the butter icing:
  • 175 (6oz) butter, softened
  • 50g (1½oz) cream cheese
  • 250g (9oz) icing sugar
  • 300g (11oz) raspberries to decorate
  • 175g (6oz) blueberries

Notes: *Please check our Food and Drink Information for suitable products.

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/Gas Mark 4
  2. Butter and line a 30 20cm traybake tin with baking parchment
  3. Measure all the sponge ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix together until smooth
  4. Spoon into the tin and level evenly
  5. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the sponge is lightly golden
  6. Carefully lift the sponge out of the tin and transfer to a wire cooling rack. Remove the baking parchment at the same time
  7. To make the icing, whisk the butter in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add half the icing sugar and whisk again. Then add the remaining sugar and whisk until smooth
  8. Spread the icing over the cake once it has cooled
  9. To decorate, place a double row of raspberries across the centre and down the length of the cake to make a cross
  10. Next place a single row diagonally from each corner to the middle. Then fill in the empty spaces with blueberries
  11. To serve, cut the cake into even sized squares - it should cut into 15.

Nutritional information per serving

Kcal
385
Fat
21.2g
Carbs
43.8g
Protein
6g
Fibre
2g