Russian Cake

Preparation info
  • Makes:

    10

    -portion cake
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

  • About

One of the splendid cakes popularized a generation ago by Fuller’s tea-shops. Though rarely seen today, Russian Cake appears in some Victorian cookery books; it is made from slivers of rich sponge cake macerated in rum syrup, sandwiched between layers of marzipan and covered with glacé icing. I remember that Fuller’s Russian Cake was decorated with a pretty feathered design of chocolate on blossom pink; the cake is fairly rich and is nicest served in thin slices.