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Layered Dessert

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Introduction

Ingredients

Makes: 4 desserts

Metric Cups

For the Chocolate Sponge

  • 5 large eggs
  • 250 millilitres sugar
  • 5 millilitres vanilla essence
  • 150 millilitres milk
  • 125 grams butter (or margarine)
  • 375 millilitres cake flour
  • 15 millilitres baking powder

For the Layers

  • 500 millilitres custard (ready prepared sort)
  • 125 millilitres fresh cream (whipped)
  • 60 millilitres sherry (sweet)
  • dark chocolate (grated for garnish)

For the Chocolate Sponge

  • 5 large eggs
  • 8¾ fluid ounces sugar
  • ⅕ fluid ounce vanilla essence
  • 5¼ fluid ounces milk
  • 4 ounces butter (or margarine)
  • 13⅕ fluid ounces cake flour
  • ½ fluid ounce baking powder

For the Layers

  • 18 fluid ounces custard (ready prepared sort)
  • 4½ fluid ounces fresh cream (whipped)
  • 2 fluid ounces sherry (sweet)
  • bittersweet chocolate (grated for garnish)

Method

Layered Dessert is a community recipe submitted by Petronell and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

  1. Whisk eggs and sugar together well until light and pale in color. Add the vanilla essence.
  2. Heat the milk and butter together and set aside.
  3. Sift the dry ingredients. Add the hot milk mixture and sifted ingredients to the whisked mixture. Fold in gently with a metal spoon.
  4. Spoon into two greased 20 cm cake tins. Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for 20-25 minutes. Leave to cool.
  5. Crumble sponge and stack on base of four glasses. Sprinkle sherry over. Top with custard and cream on each.
  6. Garnish with grated chocolate and cherries, if preferred.
  1. Whisk eggs and sugar together well until light and pale in color. Add the vanilla essence.
  2. Heat the milk and butter together and set aside.
  3. Sift the dry ingredients. Add the hot milk mixture and sifted ingredients to the whisked mixture. Fold in gently with a metal spoon.
  4. Spoon into two greased 20 cm cake tins. Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for 20-25 minutes. Leave to cool.
  5. Crumble sponge and stack on base of four glasses. Sprinkle sherry over. Top with custard and cream on each.
  6. Garnish with grated chocolate and cherries, if preferred.

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