Birthday Cake!!

So, what do you make for your best friend's 21st when they are allergic to chocolate??
You make them a strawberry cake :D

And here's how....

Ingredients:
Sponge:
250g Unsalted Butter
250g Self-Raising Flour
250g Caster Sugar
6 Medium Sized Eggs
Topping:
Double Cream
Strawberry Jam
Icing Sugar (to dust top)
Lots of Strawberries.

Recipe:
1) Preheat the oven at 180 degrees & grease 4 cake tins
2) Cream the butter & the sugar together until smooth
3) Beat the eggs & whisk into creamed butter a bit at a time
4) Sieve the flour into mix & fold in.
5) Separate batter evenly into the 4 tins & bake for 12 mins (until golden/you can pierce with a knife & the knife stays clean). Once cooked, leave to cool on a cooling tray.
6) Whisk the double cream for about 3 minutes
7) Spread a generous amount of double cream over the first layer of sponge. Slice some strawberries up thinly & place onto of double cream.

8) Put the next layer of sponge onto. Spread a thick layer of jam onto this layer.

9) Add the next layer of sponge. Spread another generous amount of double cream & sliced strawberries on top.

10) Add the last layer of sponge. Cut the strawberries in half. Place around edge of sponge (use double cream to stick). Then dust icing sugar on top to finish.

11) Eat until your belly hurts.

xxx