Mango cream cake - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 250 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 250 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 1 Vanilla pods split lengthways with seeds scraped out.
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) large
- 250 g Self-raising white flour
- 100 ml Milk (whole)
- Salt
For the filling
- 75 ml Mango puree
- 50 g Unrefined golden icing sugar
- 220 ml Double cream
- 2 fresh mangoes chopped into 1" cubes
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1
Pre heat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°, gas mark 4). Grease and line 2 x 8” round cake tins.
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2
Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla seeds for about 10 minutes until pale and fluffy – this is key to the recipe so it is worth doing this bit well!
For this step you'll need:
- 250g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 250g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 1 Vanilla pods split lengthways with seeds scraped out.
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Add the eggs, one by one, beating well between each one.
For this step you'll need:
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) large
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4
Carefully fold in the flour and salt ensuring you don’t lose any of the air in the mixture. It may need loosening so use a little milk until you get a dropping consistency.
For this step you'll need:
- 250g Self-raising white flour
- 100ml Milk (whole)
- pinch Salt
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5
Split the mixture into two equal sized portions into the prepared tins and place in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the sponge is golden brown and springs back to the touch, or until a skewer comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
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6
To make the filling lightly whip the double cream with the icing sugar until you get a soft peak, then stir in the mango purée.
For this step you'll need:
- 220ml Double cream
- 50g Unrefined golden icing sugar
- 75ml Mango puree
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7
Spread half of this evenly over the cooled sponge cakes. Scatter over the fresh mango pieces and sandwich the cake together.
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8
Dust the cake with icing sugar. For additional decoration place some of the remaining cream into a piping bag, and using a big star tip crown the cake with stars on the edge and place a piece of mango on each tip. Serve immediately.