Cakes · Original adaptation
Strawberry Fraisier Cake Recipe
Two thin sponge layers enclose vanilla pastry cream and a visible border of fresh strawberries.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 3, Episode 9
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Strawberry Fraisier Cake
- Prep
- 1 hr 10 min
- Bake
- 18 min
- Total
- 1 hr 28 min
- Makes
- One 20 cm cake, serving 10
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 120 g caster sugar
- 120 g plain flour
- 30 g unsalted butter, melted
- 400 ml whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 egg yolks
- 80 g caster sugar
- 35 g cornflour
- 150 g unsalted butter, softened
- 500 g strawberries
Method
Heat the oven to 190 C, or 170 C fan. Whisk the whole eggs and first sugar amount until very thick, fold in the flour and melted butter, and bake in a lined 20 cm pan for 16 to 18 minutes.
Warm the milk and vanilla. Whisk the yolks, remaining sugar, and cornflour, add the milk, then cook until thick. Cool to room temperature and beat in the softened butter.
Split the cooled sponge into two layers. Place one in a 20 cm cake ring lined with acetate.
Halve enough strawberries to line the ring cut-side outward. Pipe cream between and over them, fill the center with more strawberries and cream, and add the second sponge.
Chill for at least 4 hours before removing the ring and acetate. Decorate with the remaining berries.
Before you start
- This is a Baking Show Guide adaptation, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
- Choose similarly sized strawberries for an even border.
From the episode
Patisserie (Semifinal)
This adaptation starts from the episode's patisserie 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.
