Fruity Flag Traybake

A fail-safe sponge that's easier than it looks - almonds and yoghurt keep it moist while its fruity decoration is suitably patriotic

• Cooking Time Prep 45 mins
  Cook 30 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Cuts into 15 squares

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  390

• Protein

  4g

• Carbs

  49g

• Fat

  20g

• Saturates

  11g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  41g

• Salt

  0.6g

Ingredients

• 100g butter or baking spread (Stork for cakes), softened, plus extra for the tin
• 175g self-raising flour
• 50g ground almonds
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 225g caster sugar
• 125ml full-fat Greek yogurt
• zest 2 lemons
• For the butter icing
• 175g butter, softened
• 350g icing sugar, sieved
• To decorate
• 300g raspberries
• 175g blueberries

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a 30 x 20cm traybake tin with baking parchment. Measure all the sponge ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix together using an electric hand whisk until smooth. Spoon into the tin and level the surface.
2. Bake for 25-30 mins until lightly golden and the top of the cake springs back when pressed with your finger, and the sides of the sponge are shrinking away from the sides of the tin. Carefully lift the sponge out of the tin, then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Remove the baking parchment.
3. To make the icing, tip the butter into a bowl and whisk using an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy. Add half the icing sugar and whisk again until incorporated. Add the remaining sugar and whisk again until smooth. Spread the icing over the top of the cold cake.
4. To decorate, place a double row of raspberries across the centre and down the length of the cake to make a cross. Next, place a single row diagonally from each corner to the middle. Now fill in the empty spaces with blueberries. Cut into squares to serve.

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