August 4, 2025

Eggless Strawberry Love Cake by Deeba Rajpal

By digital Marketing

🕒 Prep time: minutes 🥘 Cooking time: minutes

Preheat the oven to 180C.
Grease and line a 6" tin with parchment.
Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk well until smooth.
Transfer batter to prepared tin and bake for 25-30 minutes until light golden brown and the tester comes out clean.
Cool completely, then chill for 2-3 hours.
Level the top if required and gently cut out a 3" square from the centre.
Slice the 3.5" square cut out to make two 1/2" layers, one for the base of the cake, another for the top.
Return one 3.5" layer to the cut out cavity to make the base of the cake.
Fill the cavity with the chocolate cream.
Place 3 whole Natures Miracle Strawberries diagonally across the base. {Mark the corner to know how the strawberries are placed so you cut the diagonal correctly while slicing}.
Top with cooled vanilla bean pastry cream, then cover with the reserved second 3.5" layer, pressing gently into place.
Put into the freezer for 1-2 hours for the filling to set, or refrigerate overnight.
Once the filling is set, pipe with lightly sweetened mascarpone, garnish with fresh Natures Miracle Strawberries, Natures Miracle Mandarin Orange Slices, edible flowers and mint.

Chocolate cream

METHOD:

1. Heat the cream and pour it over the chocolate.

2. Stand for 10-15 minutes for the chocolate to soften. Stir until smooth.

3. Cool to pourable consistency.

Vanilla bean cream

METHOD

1. Whisk together all the ingredients until smooth.

2. Simmer over low heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly, until it begins to thicken slightly like a custard.

3. Whisk well, strain and cool until a little thick and pourable.