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Layered Angel Cake Slices Recipe
Neat vanilla and lemon genoise fingers layered with a light buttercream and feathered icing.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 10, Episode 1
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Layered Angel Cake Slices
- Prep
- 45 min
- Bake
- 18 min
- Total
- 1 hr 3 min
- Makes
- 6 slices
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 90 g caster sugar
- 90 g plain flour
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 120 g unsalted butter, softened
- 180 g icing sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Pink food coloring
Method
Heat the oven to 190 C, or 170 C fan, and line a 20 cm square pan.
Whisk the eggs and caster sugar until very thick, fold in the flour and zest, and bake for 16 to 18 minutes. Cool completely.
Beat the butter with 120 g icing sugar and slice the sponge into three equal strips. Stack with buttercream, chill briefly, then cut into six bars.
Mix the remaining icing sugar with lemon juice. Spread over the bars, pipe thin pink lines across it, and drag a skewer in alternating directions.
From the episode
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This adaptation starts from the episode's cake brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
