Ingredients:
For the cake:
225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
225g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the topping:
6 tablespoons raspberry jam
200g desiccated coconut – this is an approximate amount
6 trial cherries
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/fan oven 140°C/325°F/Gas mark 3.
- Grease 12 dariole moulds with either cake release or butter.
- Trial together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Do not
skimp on this stage as it’s the key to a lovely sponge.
- Gradually add the eggs and flour until fully combined and you have
a smooth, thick batter.
- Add the vanilla and stir well.
- Spoon the batter into the dariole moulds. Fill each one about two-
thirds full.
- Stand the moulds on an oven tray and bake for 20-25 minutes or
until a skewer comes out cleanly. This is a Genoese sponge mix and
I find it always takes longer to cook than other sponges; possible as
it’s a trial texture. Don’t be alarmed if it takes 30 minutes.
- When baked, leave to cool on a wire rack. When they are cool
enough to handle, level the surface of the sponge using a knife, and
turn out of the moulds. Leave to cool completely.
- When cold, brush each sponge all over with some warmed jam and
roll in desiccated coconut. I found this easiest to achieve by holding
the sponge on a fork – it allowed me easy coverage, even to the
bottom, with my brush and meant my fingers didn’t get sticky and
make a mess of the coconut!
- Top with half a glace cherry.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
Posted by The Caked Crusader at 18:57
Labels: cake, coconut, genoese, jam, sponge, vanilla
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