Daffodil Cake
I love the month
of March when Spring arrives in all its golden yellow glory. This delicate
recipe for Daffodil Cake is
the perfect harbinger of Spring with swirls of
yellow and white in every slice. Decorate with Spring flowers for a
perfect seasonal cake for Mothering Sunday or as an Easter Cake.
What you need
Oil and flour (to line/cover
the inside of the tin)
4 large eggs (separated)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cream of tartar
10g/4 oz caster sugar
1 orange (zest and juice)
50g/2 oz plain flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder
Lemon Curd for filling
Icing sugar to decorate
How to Bake
Preheat the oven to
190C/ Gas 5 /375F.
Lightly oil a 20cm/8
inch cake ring tin (you can use a round or square cake tin and line with baking
paper) and dust with flour. Separate the eggs into 2 large bowls.
Beat the egg whites, vanilla extract and cream of tartar
in one bowl until stiff. Gradually add in 50g/2oz of the caster sugar and
continue beating until soft peaks form.
In the other bowl, beat the egg yolks
with orange zest, juice, and remaining sugar until thick and light. Sift the
flour and baking powder together and add to the egg yolk mixture. Spoon the egg yolk mixture and egg
white mixture alternately into the cake tin. Stir the mixture with a fork to
give a marbled
effect. Bake for about
30 minutes (allow 5-10 minutes more if using a round cake tin). Remove the cake
from the oven. Invert the cake tin over a cooling rack and let it cool for 30 minutes.
Remove the cake from the tin carefully and allow to
cool. Once cool, cut the cake in half and
spread Lemon curd in the centre. Place the other half on
top and dust with icing sugar.
A slice of this and you’ll have a
spring in your step
Daffodils blooming in my garden
