Mini Golden Victoria Sponges
Celebrate the Jubilee with these recipe from Stork
Mini Golden Victoria Sponges
Number of Servings: 12-14
Preparation Time: 12 Mins
Cooking Time: 25-35 Mins
225g (8 oz) Stork Baking Liquid
225g (8 oz) castor sugar
4 eggs, medium
225g (8 oz) self-raising flour, sieved
1 teaspoon baking powder
Filling:
2 tablespoons jam
150ml Elmlea Whipping, whipped
Caster or Icing sugar, to dredge
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Place all cake ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat together until smooth. Divide in half and add coffee essence and walnuts to one half and mix well.
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Place heaped tablespoons of the mixes in 12 muffins cases. Bake in centre of pre-heated oven at 180° C, (fan oven 160-170° C), Gas mark 4 for 20-25 minutes. Turn out, remove paper and cool on wire tray. When cold remove the cakes from the cases and cut in half horizontally.
- For the Victoria cakes, fill with the jam and whipped Elmlea and a dusting of icing sugar.
Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes
Number of Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 12 Mins
Cooking Time: 25-35 Mins
115g (4 oz) Stork Baking Liquid
115g (4 oz) castor sugar
2 eggs, medium
140g (5 oz) self-raising flour, sieved
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
55g (2 oz) chopped fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon strawberry jam
Filling:
150ml Elmlea Whipping, whipped
Icing sugar, to dredge
Red food colouring, optional
Fresh strawberries to decorate
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Place all cake ingredients except strawberries in a mixing bowl and beat together until smooth. Fold in strawberries.
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Place heaped tablespoons of the mixes in 12 cupcake cases. Bake in centre of pre-heated oven at 180° C, (fan oven 160-170° C), Gas mark 4 for 20-25 minutes. Cool on wire tray.
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Mix the whipped Elmlea with a little icing sugar to taste and if using add a little food colouring to achieve a pretty pink colour. Pipe over the cupcakes.
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Decorate with fresh strawberries.
Stork, the iconic British baking brand, is set to get Britain baking this summer with the launch of new Stork Easy to Mix Baking Liquid.
Stork Easy to Mix Baking Liquid is conveniently packaged in handy bottle for use in place of butter. It can be poured straight from the container into a mixing bowl, so there's no need for melting or softening, helping even the most time-poor cooks or novice bakers to create delicious cakes, muffins and brownies.