This is the direction to heaven - No. This cake IS heaven. A light, fluffy sponge with rich, airy whipped cream spread in the middle, layered with strawberries fresh and ripe and decorated with swirls of whipped cream and more strawberries... Uhh... Just gimme the whole thing!
Watch the video to find out how to make this beautiful, decadent cake. Fit for any queen or king!👑
Begin making the dough. Cream the butter on it's own until light and creamy. Add in the sugar and air rate until airy and fluffy. This may take a few minutes.
Add a beaten egg. Beat the egg until it is fully combined then mix with the butter/sugar mixture until fully incorporated and lighter in colour. You may do this in parts to avoid curdling. It should be light and ribbon(y)
Incorporate the flour in 2 parts. Using a spatula fold the flour into the batter. It will create a slightly sticky dough. Then add in the golden syrup add the rest of the flour and mix to combine.
Divide the dough and place one part in a smaller bowl. In the one bowl mix in half the chocolate chips and cocoa powder. In another mix half the chocolate chips with the plain mixture.
Refrigerate the dough. Wrap both bowls in cling film and refrigerate for maximum 10 minutes.
Cut the croissant in half, slicing cleanly through the centre with a serrated bread knife.
Place toppings on one slice of the pastry and sandwich it with the other slice. In this video I used cheese & ham.
Prepare your panini press. Set your sandwich on the hot panini press and shut it. Do not push it down, too much otherwise the cheese/other toppings may leak.
Yay! So for most of us it is now HALFTERM!!!! Lots of baking hopefully! Yay :) Stay tuned for my video which will be hopefully recorded to day and up by sunday :3