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Strawberry & cardamom traybake

Strawberry & cardamom traybake

A deliciously simple summer cake with a touch of aromatic spice and strawberries both inside the sponge and to decorate. 

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Vegetarian
  • Serves10
  • CourseDessert
  • Prepare25 mins
  • Cook30 mins
  • Total time55 mins
  • Pluscooling

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Ingredients

  • 250g unsalted butter, softened
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 4 British Blacktail Medium Free Range Eggs
  • 250g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp fine salt
  • 6 tbsp milk
  • 6 cardamom pods, seeds removed and crushed
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 365g pack No. 1 Speciality Strawberries, hulled, 150g cut into 1cm chunks, 215g reserved

Icing

  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 300g icing sugar, sifted
  • ¼ tsp fine salt
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp milk

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas mark 5. Grease and line a 30cm x 20cm cake tin. In a mixing bowl, use an electric hand mixer to beat the butter and sugar for 5-8 minutes until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, with 1 tbsp flour. Sieve in the remaining flour, baking powder and salt, then fold to combine. Fold in the milk, cardamom, vanilla and strawberry chunks.

  2. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 20-30 minutes until golden and risen; a skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove from the tin; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

  3. To make the icing, in a large mixing bowl, use an electric hand mixer to beat the butter for 5 minutes until pale and fluffy. Working in 3 batches, gradually beat in the icing sugar. Add the salt, vanilla and milk; beat for 1 minute. Spread over the top of the cooled cake. It will keep in the fridge for 4 days; cut the remaining strawberries into wedges and arrange on top before serving.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,756kJ/ 659kcals

Fat

36g

Saturated Fat

22g

Carbohydrates

77g

Sugars

58g

Fibre

2.4g

Protein

6.2g

Salt

0.8g

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