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Strawberry Gateau

Easy sponge cake with a fluffy covering, decorated with juicy red berries.

Easy sponge cake with a fluffy covering, decorated with juicy red berries.

Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour 10 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 16

Cooking Time

Price: 22p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 86g serving contains

Energy
882kj
211kcal
11%
Fat
10.8g
Med
15%
Saturates
6.6g
Med
33%
Sugars
18.0g
High
20%
Salt
0.10g
Low
2%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1025kj/245kcal

Ingredients

50g unsalted butter

4 large eggs

125g caster sugar

125g plain flour

1 drop vanilla essence

200g Asda Strawberry Jam, stirred

300g strawberries, halved

284ml tub Elmlea Double Cream Alternative

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a deep 23cm round cake tin with a little of the butter and line with baking paper.
2
Melt the remaining butter. Allow to cool slightly but not solidify.
3
Using an electric hand-mixer beat together the eggs and sugar over a pan of gently simmering water until the mixture is thick, pale and mousse-like.
4
Sift half the flour over the mixture and fold in gently with a metal spoon. Pour the butter around the edges of the bowl and fold in. Add the vanilla, then sift and fold in the remaining flour.
5
Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 35-40 mins until lightly browned on top. Allow to cool slightly in the tin, then turn out to cool on a wire rack.
6
Halve the cake and spread the middle with jam. Beat the Elmlea until thick, then spread around the cake. Decorate with the strawberries and serve.