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Wimbledon, one of the most well loved tournaments in the tennis calendar starts today. For me, Wimbledon is typically British and conjures up images of grass courts, sunny days, not to mention the strawberries and cream. I have never been a tennis player, but I really enjoy watching this tournament and can’t wait to see what this year has in store.
I love baking, so I thought there was no better way to celebrate the annual wonder that is Wimbledon, than by baking a cake!
Wanting something that would reflect what Wimbledon is known for, I decided on a Pimm’s strawberry dream cake!
Baby and I popped to our local Tesco to pick up all of our bits we needed for our creation. I can spend so long in these aisles finding things for my next creation
Ingredients for cake
- 225g golden caster sugar
- 225g self raising flour
- 225g unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp milk
For the mascarpone cream
- 200g light mascarpone
- 100ml whipping cream
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- zest from 1/2 an orange
For the Pimm’s syrup
- 300ml Pimm’s
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 tbsp orange juice
To decorate and fill
- 300g strawberries, sliced lengthways
- fresh mint
- ribboned cucumber
- 1/2 zested orange
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180º, 160º fan, Gas mark 4.
- Grease and line two 8″ cake tins.
- Use an electric mixer to beat the butter and sugar until smooth.
- Add in egg, almond extract and zest while mixing continuously.
- Add the dry ingredients and fold in with metal spoon.
- Stir in milk.
- Half the mixture and pop in the tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and just starting to come away from the side of the tin.
- Leave in tin for 5-10 minutes before turning out to cool properly on a wire rack.
Now you can make the Pimm’s syrup
- Put the ingredients in a small pan and warm through until all the sugar has melted.
- Then bring to boil and boil for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- When reduced by half, set aside to cool.
Time for the cream
- Put mascarpone, cream, orange juice, most of the zest and icing sugar and beat until smooth.
Creating your masterpiece
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- Pop one cake on a serving dish and drizzle over 2 tbsp of the syrup.
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- Pipe the cream onto the top of that cake.
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- Put around 3/4 of the strawberries onto the cream.
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- Place the other half of cake on top.
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- Pipe or use a palette knife to spread the remaining cream on the top.
- Decorate with cucumber, mint, orange zest and strawberries.
I think it turned out quite well in the end and I assured it was yummy.
Why not give it a go and enjoy a slice while watching a little tennis?!
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Comments 17
Oh my goodness! This combines all of my favourite things – Wimbledon, cake and Pimms. What is not to love! Need to make this ready for my breakfast tomorrow 😉 xx
That cake looks incredible! Like something from GBBO! x
That looks so cute scrummy, love the bunting on top too
Absolutely love Pimms – what a great way to use it! This is such a beautiful summer cake!
That is just gorgeous…though chances the Pimms wouldn’t quite make the syrup in my kitchen. #TheList
I love cake! My daughter and her best friend are actually downstairs now making cup cakes whilst I catch up on some work, smells amazing in my house right now!!! This looks yummy, and such a pretty pic of the cake, I saw it on Instagram looked amazing! #Thelist
Oh that is one amazing cake! I love it! I have had to pin it to my food board!
#TheList xx
Wow! This is so Amazing! & Very creative! I love to have a piece! haha 😉 x
Goodness – this looks AMAZING – very in keeping with Wimbledon too. #TheList
This looks absolutely yummy and so beautifully decorated too! I consider myself a decent baker but presentation is my downfall. I adore Pimms so may have to give this a go (although not right now as just rejoined Slimming World lol) X #thelist
Sounds delishious and perfect for Wimbledon tennis time X #thelist
I saw your post the other week and it really got me in the mood for cake! I’m not sure I’m that great of a baker but I do think if I managed to make this it’d be a real show piece at a party!! #thelist
OH my word look at that CAKE! You did amazingly well – I can almost taste it. Oh I want it – now! This is no good for my diet ha ha x x #TheList
This looks absolutely delicious! I’m throwing a baby shower for my friend at the end of the month, and this will be perfect. Better get practising! P.S. I love Wimbledon too…had the best day out there when I went a few years ago. X
Wow! this looks absolutely delightful! Full of summer (: #Thelist
I don’t actually like Pimms but I bet I’d like it in a cake!! #thelist
Wow that looks amazing! Wish I had some cake now! #thelist