Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother's Day Recipe

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Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother's Day
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
852
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 150C or 300°F.
  2. Grease and line two 8 sandwich tins/sponge cake tins.
  3. Beat the sugar and butter together until light, fluffy, and almost white in colour; this can take up to 5 minutes, and is crucial for a light sponge cake.
  4. Gently add the grated zest of two oranges.
  5. Add the beaten eggs and then GENTLY fold the flour in with a metal spoon.
  6. Divide the mixture between the two cake tins and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until light golden brown and risen. To check whether the cakes are cooked - insert a skewer in the middle of the cake, it should come away clean if it is cooked.
  7. Pour a little of orange juice over the cakes slowly, allowing them to absorb the juice. (Save the rest of the juice for other cooking or to add to drinks!) Allow to cool in the tins for 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool; allow to cool completely before decorating and icing.
  8. Meanwhile, fold the lemon or orange curd into the mascarpone cream and mix well. (Add more to taste, I sometimes add at least half a big jar!).
  9. When the cakes are cool, spread some lemon or orange curd on to one side of both cakes, this stops the mascarpone cream from making the cakes too soggy. Place one cake on to a cake plate, curd side up and swirl some of the mascarpone cream over the cake, place the other cake, curd side down on top of the other cake, making a sandwich!
  10. Finish decorating the top of the cake with the remaining mascarpone cream, swirling it over the top of the cake. Just before serving, decorate with crystallised violets or other preserved/sugar flowers. Grate some orange curls, sprinkle them over the top, and serve.
  11. Keeps for up to one week in a tin, in a cool place.
  12. Sponges can be frozen for up to 2 months - allow to defrost for 4 to 6 hours on a cooling rack, before icing and decorating.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 851.93 Kcal (3567 kJ)
Calories from fat 461.86 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 51.32g 79%
Cholesterol 239.15mg 80%
Sodium 229.49mg 10%
Potassium 184.97mg 4%
Total Carbs 92.78g 31%
Sugars 43.85g 175%
Dietary Fiber 2.51g 10%
Protein 8.38g 17%
Vitamin C 41.9mg 70%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 107.9mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 328.24 Kcal (1374 kJ)
Calories from fat 177.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.77g 79%
Cholesterol 92.14mg 80%
Sodium 88.42mg 10%
Potassium 71.26mg 4%
Total Carbs 35.75g 31%
Sugars 16.89g 175%
Dietary Fiber 0.97g 10%
Protein 3.23g 17%
Vitamin C 16.1mg 70%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 13%
Iron 0.3mg 4%
Calcium 41.6mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 20.8
    Points
  • 24
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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