Tottenham Cake Mary Berry
Caroline Sciberras
Have you ever seen an ordinary ordinary vanilla sponge cake look more extraordinary? Try out Mary Berry's Tottenham Cake twist with white icing and lots of colourful sprinkles also called the Old School recipe.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 35 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 20 pieces
Calories 254.85 kcal
- 8 oz butter cold from fridge
- 8 oz caster sugar
- 10 oz self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 4 large eggs
- 4 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
To finish
- 10 ½ oz icing sugar
- 3 tbsp boiling water
- 2 tbsp hundreds and thousands or coconut
- pink coloring
Preheat the oven to 180°C or 160°C with fan.
Grease a trayback of roughly 12 x 9 inches and line with baking paper
Mix the dried ingredients. Sieve the flour and baking powder, then mix with the caster sugar.
Add the wet ingredients: the butter cut into pieces, eggs, milk and vanilla extract
Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the cake springs back when pressed in the centre.
Allow to cool in the traybake tin.
To finish
Mix the icing sugar with the water adding pink coloring for the actual Tottenham cake finish
Spread the smooth paste over the cake.
Sprinkle with 100s and 1000s or coconut
Cut into 20 pieces and serve.
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