Recipes (continued)
Marble Cake
Divide batter into 3, leave one plain, add pink food colour to second portion and
2tablespoons of cocoa, 1/8 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda and 1 tablespoon milk to the remaining cake batter. Drop spoonfuls of alternate colours into a 20cm ring tin, or place each coloured cake mixture into 3 separate tins and bake. Then cut into 2cm thick fingers and sandwich together with the fluffy frosting (recipe in icing section, page 19). As sandwiching fingers together create a 3x3 finger cake, decorate with extra frosting.
Berry Cake
Add 2 cups of fresh, frozen or canned mixed berries to the top of the cake batter in tins before baking. Make sure that berries are well drained if canned.
Classic Sponge Cake
4 eggs
¾cup caster sugar 1 cup cornflour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
½teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1.Preheat oven 180°C fan forced. Grease two 22cm round cake pans.
2.Beat eggs and sugar in the small bowl on VERY HIGH
3.Using a metal spoon gently fold in twice sifted flour, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda until combined.
4.Divide mixture among cake pans, bake, uncovered, in oven about 15 minutes or until cooked through.
5.Stand cakes in pan 5 minutes before turning onto wire rack. Cool.
6.Serve sponges sandwiched together with strawberry jam and whipped cream.
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