
Ingredients
- 150 g of self raising flour
- 1 tsp of baking powder, (level)
- 200 g of caster sugar, 150g for the cake, 50g for the filling
- 0.5 tsp of vanilla extract
- 4 medium eggs, 3 for the cake, 1 for the filling
- 150 g of stork
- 0.5 litre of semi skimmed milk, for the filling
- 40 g of custard powder
- 500 g of strawberries
- 125 ml of double cream
- 1 dusting of icing sugar
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, 160°C fan oven, Gas mark 4.Step 2
Sieve the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar, vanilla extract, eggs and Stork and mix with a wooden spoon quickly to make a thick batter. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared tin.Step 3
Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 25-35 minutes until golden brown. Leave the cake to cool on the baking sheet.Step 4
While the cake is in the oven, make the custard cream: heat the milk to a simmer and mix the custard powder in a bowl with the sugar, egg and 4 tbsp warm milk. Pour the mixture into the hot milk, stirring constantly. Bring the custard to a simmer and cook for 3-4 minutes on a low heat. Stir regularly. Allow the custard to cool while stirring occassionally to prevent a skin from forming on the top.Step 5
Meanwhile clean the strawberries and halve them.Step 6
Whip the cream until stiff. Fold the whippes cream into the cold custard (if the custard is warm or hot the cream will melt, making the cream too thin!)Step 7
Spread the custard cream evenly over the cake.Step 8
Spoon the strawberries on it, dust the cake with icing sugar and cut into 8-10 slices.