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Great British sponge cake recipe
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Great British sponge cake recipe

15 ingredients 15 min + 25 min 10 people openrecipes

Edd Kimber's patriotic sponge with fruity red, blue, and white stripes.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

999
Calories
24g
Protein
35g
Fat
147g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Blueberry 1 cup (148g) 84
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Strawberry 1 cup (152g) 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 5 peppercorns, ground
  • 0.5 ground cinnamon
  • tsp ground ginger
  • 1 ground nutmeg
  • tsp mint (freeze dried)
  • 0.25 self-raising flour
  • tsp salt
  • 2 margarine or butter
  • tsp vanilla sugar
  • 250 eggs, beaten
  • g cream cheese
  • 0.25 double cream
  • 250 icing sugar
  • g strawberries, quartered
  • 250 blueberries

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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