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Onion sponge
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Onion sponge

16 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Makes 1 large 'cake' openrecipes

Trust us on this one. A savoury onion ‘cake’ is topped with cream cheese, smoke salmon slices, almonds and chilli jam to look like a giant cupcake!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1059
Calories
43g
Protein
42g
Fat
123g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Smoked Salmon 100g cooked 208
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Olive 1 large (4g) 4
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 90g/3¼oz plain flour
  • 10g onion
  • pinch salt
  • pinch ground cayenne pepper
  • ½ tsp black onion
  • 4 large free-range eggs
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 25g/1oz unsalted butter
  • , about 4 tubs cream cheese
  • 250g/9oz pepperpeppers
  • small bunch fresh chives
  • 200g/7oz smoked salmon
  • toasted flaked almonds
  • small jar red chilli
  • small handful large bright green olives
  • flakes salt

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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