Summer party cake recipe | Good Food

Name: Summer party cake recipe | Good Food
Ingredients: 300g salted butter at room temperature; 300g golden caster sugar; 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste (or the seeds from 2 vanilla pods with 2 tsp vanilla extract); 6 medium eggs lightly beaten; 300g self-raising flour; 900ml double cream; 1 heaped tbsp icing sugar; 2 tsp vanilla bean paste; 300g good-quality or homemade strawberry jam (see tip); 1kg strawberries chopped into even slices for neat layers (save 8 to decorate); pack of gold leaf (optional); meringue kisses, chocolate bark & chocolate-coated strawberries (see recipes in 'goes well with'); shortbread biscuits (see recipe, or use shop-bought biscuits)

www.bbcgoodfood.com

This generous cake is big enough to feed a crowd and is a combination of all our favourite summer ingredients: strawberries, Victoria sponge, meringues, fresh cream, white chocolate and buttery...

View Original

Share this recipe:

Ingredients

300g salted butter at room temperature
300g golden caster sugar
1 tbsp vanilla bean paste (or the seeds from 2 vanilla pods with 2 tsp vanilla extract)
6 medium eggs lightly beaten
300g self-raising flour
900ml double cream
1 heaped tbsp icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla bean paste
300g good-quality or homemade strawberry jam (see tip)
1kg strawberries chopped into even slices for neat layers (save 8 to decorate)
pack of gold leaf (optional)
meringue kisses, chocolate bark & chocolate-coated strawberries (see recipes in 'goes well with')
shortbread biscuits (see recipe, or use shop-bought biscuits)