Ilona's Cookbook

28.07.2006


Birthday Cake

You need: Loose bottom cake tin (21cm)
electric whisk
bowl

And : glassfull of eggs
glassfull of caster sugar
glassfull of self raising flour
some fruit juice
500ml carton of double cream
strawberries or any soft fruit of your choice

1) switch the oven on at gas 5 or equivalent
2) whisk the eggs and sugar together until creamy and pale in colour
3) sieve and flod the flour gently into the egg mix
4) pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake until firm to touch and brown
colour (35 - 40 min)
5) Let it cool and turn into a wire rack
6) Cut the cake in two round halves. Whip the cream until soft peaks.
Prepare the fruit.
7) moisten the two halves of the cake with the fruit juice but not soggy.
8) put a layer of fruit and cream on the bottom half. Put the other half on top. Cover
the cake with whipped cream and decorate with the rest of the fruit

Thiscake will be enough for 8 to 10 people. For a smaller cake use half of the ingredients and
a smaller tin. I use strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and kiwi fruit which have been very successfull.