Jahzara and Markus’ Tropika Cake

Jahzara and Markus’ Tropika Cake

Sponge Recipe:

(20 cm x47)

– 600g Self Raising Flour

– 1/4 tsp Sea Salt

– 180g Buttermilk

– 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

– 9 Large Eggs

– 420g Softened Unsalted Butter

– 180g Vegetable oil

– 525g caster sugar

  1. Preheat oven 175C
  2. Grease pans
  3. Sift Flour & Salt 
  4. Mix vanilla & buttermilk
  5. Cream butter, oil & sugar, till pale
  6. Add eggs gradually
  7. Scrape sides
  8. Add dry on low, alternate. Add buttermillk mix
  9. Scrape and fold batter add colouring and fruit escense.
  10. Distribute, level, bake for 26-28 or till a skewer comes out clean.

Berry Compote:

– 3/4 cup raspberry

– 3/4 cup strawberry

– 3/4 cup bluberry

– 3/4 cup sugar

– 1/4 water

  1. Boil mixture until thick.
  2. Cover and allow to cool.

Berry Jelly:

– 1 packet Strawberry jelly

– 1 packet Raspberry jelly

– 1/2 packet lemon jelly

– Boiling water

– Cold water

– Finely chopped raspberry, blueberry, and strawberry

  1. Mix jelly with hot water and then add the cold.
  2. Add fruit and freeze.
  3. Cut into cubes.