This madeira like dessert cake is creamy in flavour thanks to the inclusion of Cornish clotted cream and flecked with vanilla seeds. Why not serve it with a quenelle of Rodda’s Crème fraîche mixed with some of the vanilla.
8 ingredients
Prep 60 minsCooking
Serves 8-10 people
1 comments
Ingredients
2 medium free-range eggs, at room temperature
225g caster sugar
½ a vanilla pod
1 x 227g tub of Rodda’s Cornish clotted cream
A pinch of salt
200g self-raising flour
Rodda’s Crème fraîche or double cream mixed with a few vanilla seeds, to serve
A 20cm spring-clip tin or deep round cake tin lined with greaseproof paper
Split the vanilla pod along its length with the tip of a sharp knife and scrape the sticky black seeds into the bowl (reserve some of the seeds to mix with the serving cream if used).
Using an electric whisk or mixer, or a rotary whisk, whisk the eggs and sugar until they are very thick and mousse-like and the whisk leaves a thick trail when lifted out of the mixture.
Stir the cream until smooth, and gently stir into the mixture with the salt. Sift the flour into the bowl and carefully fold in with a large metal spoon. When thoroughly combined, transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and spread evenly.
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 mins – 1 hr, until the cake is a good golden brown and firm, and a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Leave for 5 mins to firm up, then carefully remove from the tin, discard the lining paper and leave to cool completely on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.
Comments (1)
Coral says:16 Aug 2025 at 8:48 pm
Ive just done this, always wary of recipes without a lot of comments in case they're not quite right, I only had 170g of clotted cream so used ricotta to top up, I had a vanilla pod in the cupboard and used a bit of almond essence as well. It is absolutely amazing. I baked it in my airfryer oven for 1 hour at 160, in a 20cm springform with a liner (didnt grease). Next time I'll leave the almond out just to have it as basic and simple as it should be. I like the idea the other commenter makes about poppy seeds.
Sara says:06 Oct 2024 at 9:34 pm
I made it today. Such a moist and soft cake. I didn't have vainilla so I replaced it with poppy seeds and a bit of lemon zest for the eggy smell. It turned out so delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
Alison says:08 May 2021 at 6:33 am
This cake is deeeeelicious. I didn’t have vanilla pod but used vanilla essence instead and tasted fine. Might add strawberries next time.
Comments (1)
Ive just done this, always wary of recipes without a lot of comments in case they're not quite right, I only had 170g of clotted cream so used ricotta to top up, I had a vanilla pod in the cupboard and used a bit of almond essence as well. It is absolutely amazing. I baked it in my airfryer oven for 1 hour at 160, in a 20cm springform with a liner (didnt grease). Next time I'll leave the almond out just to have it as basic and simple as it should be. I like the idea the other commenter makes about poppy seeds.
I made it today. Such a moist and soft cake. I didn't have vainilla so I replaced it with poppy seeds and a bit of lemon zest for the eggy smell. It turned out so delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
This cake is deeeeelicious. I didn’t have vanilla pod but used vanilla essence instead and tasted fine. Might add strawberries next time.