Photo: David Holifield
Rooibos sponge cake with quince jam and vanilla saffron icing
15 ingredients
1 hr + 1 hr
Serves 4-6
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This beautiful layered cake is fragrant with tea and golden with a rich saffron-tinted icing.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
747
Calories
20g
Protein
23g
Fat
109g
Carbs
Counts 6 of 13 ingredients — the other 7 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Roibos Tea | not in our table | 0 |
| Quince | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pectin | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Saffron | not in our table | 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
- 300g/10½oz butter
- 300g/10½oz caster sugar
- 6 free-range eggs
- 300g/10½oz self-raising flour
- 100g/10½oz rooibos tea
- 2 quinces
- 500ml/17½fl oz water
- 1 lemonzest
- 250g/9oz caster sugar
- 20g/1oz pectin
- 2 vanilla beans, split and seeds scraped
- 15 strands saffron
- 250ml/9oz clotted cream
- 50ml/2fl oz whipping cream
- 200g/7oz icing sugar
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
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