serves
8
prep
45 minutes
cook
40 minutes
difficulty
Mid
serves
8
people
preparation
45
minutes
cooking
40
minutes
difficulty
Mid
level
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 165 g (¾ cup) caster sugar
- 185 g (1¼ cups) plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 100 ml milk
- 50 g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra, to grease
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tbsp dried breadcrumbs
- 125 ml (½ cup) thick vanilla custard
- 300 ml thickened cream, whipped to soft peaks
- 1 small banana, sliced (optional)
- 250 g strawberries, 125 g sliced, 125 g halved
Cooling time 25 minutes
You will need a 20 cm-round cake pan for this recipe.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 170°C. Using electric beaters, whisk together eggs and sugar in a large bowl until thick and pale. Sift flour and baking powder into another bowl. Combine milk, butter and vanilla extract in a jug. Alternate folding dry ingredients and milk mixture into egg mixture in 3 batches, until just combined.
Grease a 20 cm-round cake pan with extra butter. Scatter with breadcrumbs, shaking pan to coat base and sides evenly and discarding any excess. Pour cake batter into prepared pan, then bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Cover with foil if cake is browning too quickly. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Using a serrated knife, cut cake in half horizontally. To assemble, place bottom half on a plate or cake stand. Spread with custard, then top with half the cream, sliced banana (if using) and sliced strawberries. Sandwich with remaining cake half, then, using a spatula, spread remaining cream over top and sides. Decorate with halved strawberries and serve.
Photography Tony Amos
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
