Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 125 g butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • GLAZE
  • 125 g butter
  • 1 cup ground almonds
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla
  • RASPBERRY FILLING
  • 1 cup raspberry jam
  • BUTTER CREAM
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • CAKE:
  • Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
  • Slowly beat in 1 egg.
  • Sift flour twice with salt and baking powder.
  • Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternatively with milk.
  • Spoon mixture into a greased and floured 8 inch pan.
  • GLAZE:
  • Melt butter and stir in ground almonds, honey, milk, and vanilla.
  • Mix well and bring to the boil.
  • Cool and pour over cake batter, spreading it evenly.
  • Bake at 200C for 25 minutes.
  • Cool cake, remove from pan, and slice in half, horizontally.
  • RASPBERRY FILLING:
  • Heat jam a little to make it easier to spread. Spread over bottom layer of cake. Put cake back together.
  • BUTTER CREAM FILLING:
  • Cream butter until soft, and beat in egg yolk and honey.
  • Add icing sugar, a little at a time, and beat until fluffy.
  • Beat in vanilla.
  • Spread top and sides of cake with butter cream.