Strawberry cream tea cake
This super-sized scone is perfect to feed a crowd for afternoon tea
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CUTS INTO 6 PIECES
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 30 mins
Cook 20 mins
plus cooling- Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. On the coarse side of a box grater, grate the butter into a bowl, then place back in the freezer for 5 mins. With a spatula, quickly mix the butter with the flour, baking powder and sugar, add the milk and lemon juice, then bring together until you have a butter-speckled dough. Knead the dough a few times on a floured surface. Roll out to a circle, press into a lightly greased 20cm sandwich tin, then brush the top with egg and scatter with a little sugar. Bake for 20 mins until risen and golden, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- While the scone is cooling, toss the strawberries in a bowl with a sprinkling of the sugar and the jam, then set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk the clotted cream until stiff with the 50g sugar and a drop of vanilla extract.
- To assemble the cake, place the scone base on a serving plate, spread the cream over, leaving a slight edge of the cake showing, then pile the saucy strawberries on top. Serve cut into wedges
STRAWBERRIES
If you can, put them in the sunshine and let them go a bit soft - this will really enhance the flavour. Look out for different varieties; try a Pegasus or a Cambridge Favourite or, if you can, a Marie De Bois, which is similar to a wild strawberry.
PER SERVING
609 kcalories, protein 6.0g, carbohydrate 58.0g, fat 41.0 g, saturated fat 25.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 27.0g, salt 1.15 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2009.
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Difficulty and servings
CUTS INTO 6 PIECES
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 30 mins
Cook 20 mins
plus coolingIngredients
FOR THE SCONE
- 175g butter , frozen
- 250g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 50g golden caster sugar , plus extra for sprinkling
- 150ml cold full-fat milk
- tiny squeeze lemon juice
- beaten egg , for glazing
FOR THE TOPPING AND FILLING
- 350g strawberries , hulled and sliced
- 50g golden caster sugar , plus a little sugar for sprinkling
- 1 tbsp posh strawberry jam (we like Tiptree Little Scarlet Strawberry Conserve)
- 140g clotted cream
- small drop vanilla extract
PER SERVING
609 kcalories, protein 6.0g, carbohydrate 58.0g, fat 41.0 g, saturated fat 25.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 27.0g, salt 1.15 g
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