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
- Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/Gas Mark 4
- Butter and line a 30 20cm traybake tin with baking parchment
- Measure all the sponge ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix together until smooth
- Spoon into the tin and level evenly
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until the sponge is lightly golden
- Carefully lift the sponge out of the tin and transfer to a wire cooling rack. Remove the baking parchment at the same time
- 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
- Spread the icing over the cake once it has cooled
- To decorate, place a double row of raspberries across the centre and down the length of the cake to make a cross
- Next place a single row diagonally from each corner to the middle. Then fill in the empty spaces with blueberries
- 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