Eton Mess Cake

Eton Mess Cake

Posted by Bea L.

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You Will Need (15 things)

  • for cake

  • 300 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • 300 g Unsalted Butter
  • 4 Eggs
  • 600 ml Double Cream
  • 100 g Caster Sugar
  • 50 g Greek Yogurt
  • 900 g Strawberries
  • 1 -2 tablespoon Caster Sugar
  • 30 g Meringues

  • for cream

  • additionally

  • 30 g Meringues ,broken to smaller pieces

  • Note:I used flowers only for decotation

Steps (8 steps, 90 minutes)

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter a 20cm cake tin.In a large bowl, cream the butter with sugar until pale and fluffy.Add the eggs,one at a time,and beat until you get light and fluffy mixture. Beat well to get lots of air into the mixture.Add the flour and mix it in with a spoon until combine but don’t over-mix it.

  2. 2

    Place the mixture in a tin and bake for around 50 minutes,even to one hour.Check it with a wooden skewer.If it comes out clean,it’s ready!

  3. 3

    Leave it to cool completely and cut the cake into three layers.Draw the line around the cake with a smaller knife and then use a bigger one to slice it.Hold the top of the cake with your one hand and slice with the other.

  4. 4

    To make the filling, beat the cream with sugar until smooth and creamy.Fold in the yogurt.

  5. 5

    Place 500g strawberries into a blender and pulse it until you get a nice thick strawberry mixture with some visible strawberry pieces.Add sugar if necessary.Some strawberries are sweet enough and don’t need a sweetener.

  6. 6

    FUN TIME:Place the first layer of the cake on a plate or tray,spread 1/3 of the cream on top,cover it with 1/3 of blended strawberries,repeat two more times.

  7. 7

    Before serving:sprinkle broken meringues on the top and decorate with the whole or halved strawberries.

  8. 8

    Note:You could also use more broken meringues and place then between the layers but to do that it’s best to assemble the cake just before the serving because the meringue will dissolve in cream if left for longer.