Some cakes are so easy, even a three year old could make them.
Here’s Miss Jay’s own invention – strawberries and cream cake, with a little help from me!
Strawberry and vanilla cream cake (so easy, a preschooler made it!)
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A delicious, simple and very summery strawberry cake that even a three year old could make.
Author: Emily Leary
Recipe type: Cookies, cakes and bakes
Serves: 12
Ingredients
For the sponge:
- 200g margarine
- 200g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 200g self raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
For the filling/topping:
- 3 tbsp whole milk
- 600ml double cream
- 1tsp vanilla
- 3 rounded tbsp icing sugar (plus more to dust)
- 600g strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan
- In a bowl, beat the sugar and margarine together until pale
- Add the eggs and beat again
- Beat in the flour
- Stir in the vanilla and then the milk
- Grease and line two sandwich tins and divide the mix evenly between them
- Bake for 25 minutes until golden, leave to cool in their tins until safe to touch, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely
- Beat the cream to a soft peak
- Gently whisk in the vanilla and icing sugar
- Hull and halve (or quarter if large) the strawberries
- Put a little cream on the plate (it helps keep the cake from sliding about) then put the first cake half on the plate
- Top with half the cream, then a third of the strawberries
- Put the second cake half on top and cover with the remaining cream and all of the strawberries
- Dust liberally with icing sugar to finish
Wow, This is awesome, mouth watering. looks so delicious. I will try it for sure. Thanks for sharing.
This looks sooo good. I’m always on the lookout for recipes to make with my kids. This is definitely going on the list!
Well done Miss J your cake looks absolutely delicious:-)