Chocolate and strawberry sponge
1 hour 10 min
Lovely chocolate sponge cake filled with fresh cream and strawberries. Perfect for special occasions, and simple enough for Sunday lunch.
8 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 6 eggs
- 165g (6 ounces) caster sugar
- 110g (4 ounces) plain flour
- 15g (1/2 ounce) cocoa powder
- 45g (1 1/2 ounces) hot chocolate powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 200ml fresh whipping cream
- 8 fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar, or as needed
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Extra time:30min cooling ›
Ready in:1hr10min
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease two 23cm round tins. Whisk eggs and sugar until thick. Mix will be able to hold figure of eight made by whisk using some of the mix.
- Sift flour, cocoa, hot chocolate powder and baking powder. Slowly and gently fold into the egg mixture, a tablespoon at a time. Pour into the prepared tins.
- Bake until a skewer inserted near the centre comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Let cool on wire tray. Whip the cream until stiff. Fill between the cake layers with whipped cream and fresh strawberries tossed in the 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar.
