From Goodtoknow From Essentially England From Thrifty Living From John's in Stow From images of From Naturaliscious I challenged Allegra McEvedy to invent a cake to celebrate a royal occasion. It was a provocative and Republican challenge, but she rose to it. Since then I have wanted to make this cake. 1. Soak four layers of Victoria sponge with sherry. 2. Bind the discs of sponge together using clotted cream and lemon curd. 3. Mix some Elderflower cordial into whipped Jersey cream. 5. Layer the whipped cream mixture on top of the cake. 6. Arrange the raspberries and blueberries into a Union Jack on the cream. 7. Decorate with sparklers and ribbons. Allegra explains: T'would be a celebration of all that Great Britain has to offer: Our most celebrated curd, lemon curd, that which has held English teatimes together for centuries. Hand made with Northern Irish butter and lemons from one of our few commonwealth
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