Soaked Orange Sponge

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• 180 g sugar
• 150 g all-purpose flour
• 30 g cornflour
• 30 g butter, melted
• 1 grated orange, rind of
• 1 grated lemon, rind of
• 60 g sugar
• 25 ml water
• 1 orange, juice of
• 1 lemon, juice of (if you want it more orangy substitute the lemon for a small orange)
• 80 ml orange curd (recipe follows at end of cake recipe)
• 250 ml cream, lightly whipped
• crystallized orange slices (look pretty for a garnish)
• 3 ounces caster sugar (superfine)
• 1 large orange (grated rind and juice)
• 2 eggs
• 2 ounces unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 grease or spray and baseline a 20cm round or square tin.
• 2 preheat oven to 190c (375f).
• 3 ---------for the sponge-------------.
• 4 place eggs,sugar,lemon and orange rinds in a bowl over simmering water.
• 5 whisk with an electric whiskfor about 8 minutes til the mixture is pale and creamy.
• 6 remove from the heat.
• 7 sift together the flours and fold in to the egg and sugar mixture along with the melted butter.
• 8 pour into pre-pared cake tin and bake in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes or til well risen.
• 9 ---------------for the syrup------------------.
• 10 place syrup ingredients in apan and heat gently til sugar dissoles.
• 11 bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
• 12 spoon syrup over the cooked sponge and leave to cool in tin til cool.
• 13 turn cake out and split into 3 layers carefully.
• 14 ----------filling---------------.
• 15 beat the orange curd and fold in the whipped cream.
• 16 reserve a third and use the rest tofill the cake and also the sides and top.
• 17 spoon the reserved mixture and place in a piping bag and pipe rossettes on top of the cake and decorated with the crystallised fruit.
• 18 ----------the cake----------.
• 19 place rind and sugar in a bowl.
• 20 in another whisk lemon juice together with the eggs,then pour this mixture over the sugar.
• 21 add the butter in little peices and place the bowl over a pan of simmering water.
• 22 stir frequently til thickened about 20 minutes.
• 23 leave to cool.
• 24 store in fridge if not using for cake straight away.