Ingredients

Ingredients For the cake

• 300ml/½ pint milk

• 1 vanilla pod, split in half, seeds scraped out

• 400g strong plain flour, plus extra for sprinkling

• 3 tsp dried yeast

• 3 tbsp soft brown sugar

• 4 free-range eggs, preferably organic, beaten

• 1 lemon, zest only

• ½ orange, zest only

• pinch of salt

• 200g/7oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

• 1-5 drops pink food colouring, preferably natural, optional

For the sugar syrup

• 400g/14oz golden caster sugar

• 1 orange, juice only

• 1 tbsp raspberry liqueur

For the decoration

• 2-3 tbsp strawberry jam or apricot jam

• 400g/14oz fresh strawberries, hulled, sliced

• ½ lemon, juiced

• 4 tbsp icing sugar

• 500ml/18fl oz whipping cream, whipped

• fresh edible rose petals, optional

Description

Try This Recipe For An Enriched Yeasted Cake, Coloured A Fabulous Pink And Adorned With Fresh Strawberries

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