Based on a basic chocolate cake recipe, this strawberry surprise cake includes a decadent layer of whipped strawberry liquor cream, together with fresh strawberries and chocolate graffiti… a fresh cake that goes down well in Summer
Cake Ingredients
- 50 g butter
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- 1 cup plain baking flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- few drops vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup milk
Strawberry Cream Ingredients
- 330ml of fresh cream
- 1 tablespoon of strawberry jam (preferably home made chunky jam)
- 2 tablespoons of strawberry liquor
- A few drops of vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon of icing sugar
Other Ingredients
- Half a block of milk chocolate, melted on a bain marie
- 1 punnet of fresh strawberries
Method for the Cake
- Melt butter and syrup in a small saucepan (or place together in the microwave)
- Put melted ingredients into a bowl, add egg and sugar and beat well
- Sift cocoa, flour and baking powder together
- Fold sifted ingredients and vanilla into egg mixture
- Dissolve baking soda in milk
- Fold into egg mixture
- Pour mixture into two greased and lined 20 cm sponge sandwich tins
- Bake at 190°C for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched
- Leave in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack
Method for the Cream and Chocolate Graffiti
- Whip the cream with the icing sugar and vanilla
- Once whipped, mix in the strawberry jam and liquor with a fork
- Drizzle the melted chocolate on baking paper to form a graffiti and place in the fridge
Montage
- Place the strawberry cream in the middle of the cake
- Slice the second cake layer into 4 wedges, like a pizza
- Place the wedges on an angle into the strawberry cream
- Place the fresh strawberries on the top, together with chocolate graffiti et voila!