I watched a television show in the UK where Nigella Lawson made this very simple dessert. My niece made this under my guidance during my trip to USA and I had it posted onto my sabihaskitchen facebook page, following the clamouring for the recipe, here goes.
Ingredients
- 1lb loaf loaf madeira/lemon cake
- 1 orange
- 2 tbs orange marmalade
- 1 tsp lime/lemon juice
- juice of one fresh orange
- 10oz whipping or double cream
- 2 cups blackberries/blueberries/strawberries
- or mangoes if in season
Method
- Cut the cake into slices and arrange them on a plate or a cake stand.
- Zest the orange or clementines into a bowl and keep refrigerated. (can be omitted if you are not too keen on zest/rind)
- Place the marmalade in an empty jar, add the orange juice and lemon juice, close the jar and shake well to mix.
- Drizzle the marmalade mixture over the cake slices, keep soaked for 10 mins.
- Whip the cream in a bowl until thick but soft, spoon over the top of the saturated cake.
- Arrange the blackberries/blueberries/strawberries over the whipped cream, and scatter with the reserved zest.
- TO VARY:
- When fresh mangoes are in season, soak the cake with mango/lime juice, then use slices of mango to cover the cake, scatter blue berries for contrast just before serving.
