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Rooibos sponge cake with quince jam and vanilla saffron icing
Photo: David Holifield

Rooibos sponge cake with quince jam and vanilla saffron icing

15 ingredients 1 hr + 1 hr Serves 4-6 openrecipes
Rooibos sponge cake with quince jam and vanilla saffron icing

This beautiful layered cake is fragrant with tea and golden with a rich saffron-tinted icing.

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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 · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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