I almost cried every time somebody had to restart their genoise sponge. However, I will always direct you to recipes I used elsewhere on the web, and send you to the right pages of books, I’m not a total dick
I started by making the sponges. I'll use them to make cake truffles in the future (check my recipe finder page for all my cake truffle recipes if you'd like to do the same)
I used the creaming method of making the sponge batter which gave yet even more lightness but feel free to follow MaryBerry's all in one method and you will still get an oh so soft spongecake, it will be hard to resist taking an extra slice
Very straightforward, chocolate sponge, chocolate ganache, and then white chocolate. ) though, cake was called for and traybake was going to fit the bill
Recipe Junkie and the Attack of the Custard Creams
Ingredients for the sponge. However, my husband has been watching and a few weeks ago he requested some home made jaffa cakes as he had watched them make them on the show
Kate and I are looking for any type of cake, BUT, a Celebration Cake would be WONDERFUL, and there will be a PRIZE for the BEST cake recipe and post submitted, the prize is a copy of MaryBerry’s Ultimate Cake Book
A few weeks before the birthday party I did a practice run of the cake to get to grips with using fondant icing and the recipe I’d tried out – MaryBerry’s Madeira Cake – went down so well with everyone there was no question that I’d be using it for the real thing
