Golden celebration sponge with gold fruit

Name: Golden celebration sponge with gold fruit
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 115 g/4 oz/½ cup caster sugar; grated zest of 1 orange; 2 or 3 passion fruit, halved and the pulp sieved; physallisa; sharon fruit; kumquats; mango; icing sugar for sifting; 1/20 g/25 saffron threads soaked in 1 tablespoon boiling milk; 1/20 g/25 saffron threads soaked in 1 tablespoon boiling water; 300 ml/10 fl oz/1⅓ cups double cream; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising flour, sifted; 4 eggs, separated

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

For a fiftieth birthday, a Golden Wedding or other special occasion, this fatless sponge makes an elegant centrepiece, garnished with a rich array of exotic golden fruit. It is a perfect recipe for winter, when berry fruits are not available.

Ingredients

1/20 g/25 saffron threads soaked in 1 tablespoon boiling water

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian
Wedding/Marriage
Birthday
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Line or grease and flour a round or square cake tin, about 20 cm/8