Bee Sting Cake(Sponge Cake With a Homemade Custard Filling)
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
-
12 slices
- Serves:
- 6-10
ingredients
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Cake ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 15 ml baking powder
- 125 g butter
- 125 ml sugar
- 5 ml vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 125 ml milk
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Topping
- 60 g butter
- 60 ml sugar
- 100 g sliced almonds
- 15 ml milk
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Custard ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 60 ml sugar
- 45 ml cornflour
- 5 ml vanilla extract
- 25 g butter
directions
- Cake method.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Sift flour and baking powder. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add sifted dry ingredients alternating with milk. Spread batter into a greased and floured 22cm loose bottomed cake tin.
- Topping method.
- Combine all ingredients in a pot and heat until sugar has dissolved over medium heat. Pour over cake and spread evenly. Bake in oven for 35 minutes or centre of skewer comes clean.
- Custard method.
- While cake is in oven make filling.
- Scald milk and cream. Beat egg yolks with sugar until light and creamy. Add cornflour and vanilla extract; then slowly add scalded milk and cream. Cook on top of double boiler stirring until mixture thickens. Stir in butter and set aside to cool.
- Once cake is cool split cake in three layers carefully and sandwich together with custard.
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<p>hi! I am from joburg south africa. I am SAH mum who has a very active 15 month old son. When I am not chasing after him I enjoy reading,surfing the internet and enjoying my DH company. I love to bake and cook and sometimes do it to relax. I have been cooking since I was 12,learnt everything from my mum who is an excellent cook!</p>