Cinnamon Sponge Cake with Cherry Frosting

I’m very sorry I haven’t posted in a while – I was drowning in work and didn’t really find a minute to cook.. on the bright side – my housemates did and I can’t wait to show you their “Man Fried Rice” as they like to call it ;) Luckily, I handed all my essays in by Thursday so I had a bit of time to bake yesterday (plus it was my friend’s birthday, so what better excuse to cook something up :) I’ve had this idea for quite a while so I hope it will live up to your expectations as well!

For a 9 inch cake you’ll need:
4 eggs
120 g of sugar
100 g of flour
75 g of corn flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon

For the frosting:
1 packet of blancmange (I used cherry flavour but I didn’t like the one I bought too much so I’ll whip up some blancmange myself soon and see if that turns out better)
450 ml of milk (to cook up the blancmange, it’s a little less than it says on the packaging so that it becomes firm in the end)
100 g of icing sugar
100 g of butter
cherry jam
1 cup of tea

Separate the eggs and whisk up the egg whites until they form stiff peaks and add the sugar bit by bit, making sure it all combines nicely. Fold in the egg yolks and only mix until everything forms a homogenous mass. Mix the flour, corn flour, baking powder and cinnamon and sift it into the egg mixture. Fold in carefully and only so long as necessary. Be really gentle with this because you don’t want to knock the air out of it! Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Let the cake cool completely before you cut it into 3 equal parts. Place the first layer on a cake stand or wherever you’d like to serve your cake on and lightly soak it in tea. Spread a layer of jam on top and ice with the frosting. Place the next layer on top, soak it and “jam” it, finish of with the icing. For the last layer, just soak it and ice it. Make sure the cake is iced all around the edges as well. Decorate with some cherries if you wish and enjoy :)