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The Ultimate Guide to Famous London Cakes (How to Bake Them at Home)

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Ingredients

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  • 225g unsalted butter, softened
  • 225g caster sugar
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 4 large eggs
  • Strawberry jam
  • 300ml heavy whipping cream
  • Icing sugar
  • 2 large lemons (zest and juice)
  • 4 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp caster sugar (for drizzle)
  • 200g pitted dates
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 200ml double cream
  • 150g dark brown sugar
  • Pink food coloring
  • Apricot jam
  • 500g marzipan
  • 1 sheet all-butter puff pastry
  • 200g currants
  • Candied orange peel
  • Mixed spice
  • Ground nutmeg
  • 1 egg white

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and prepare the appropriate baking tins.
  2. Cream the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  4. Gently fold in the self-raising flour until just combined.
  5. For Victoria Sponge, divide the batter between two round cake tins and bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool before filling with strawberry jam and whipped cream.
  6. For Lemon Drizzle Cake, bake the batter in a loaf pan, then pour freshly mixed lemon juice and caster sugar over the hot cake after piercing the surface.
  7. For Sticky Toffee Pudding, soak chopped dates with baking soda in boiling water, blend into the batter, bake, then serve warm with homemade toffee sauce.
  8. For Battenberg Cake, divide the batter into plain and pink portions, bake separately, cut into strips, assemble with apricot jam, and wrap with marzipan.
  9. For Eccles Cakes, fill circles of puff pastry with the currant mixture, seal, score the tops, brush with egg white, sprinkle with sugar, and bake at 425°F (220°C) until golden.
  10. Allow cakes to cool or rest as recommended before serving for the best flavor and texture.

Notes

Use room-temperature ingredients for light, airy British sponge cakes. Avoid overmixing once the flour is added, and use an oven thermometer for accurate baking temperatures. Lemon Drizzle Cake tastes even better the next day after the syrup fully absorbs.

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