Strawberry Christmas cake

Shopping list

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • 1 kg/2lb 2oz fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half only if large
  • 300g/11oz strawberries, hulled and chopped

• Cooking ingredients

  • 550g/1lb 4oz jam sugar with added pectin
  • oil, for greasing
  • flour, for dusting
  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 350g/12oz self-raising flour, sifted
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 250g/9oz caster sugar

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • 200g/7oz butter, softened
  • 6 free-range eggs
  • 600ml/1pt 1fl oz double cream
  • 5 free-range egg whites

• Other

  • 1 sprig holly

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