​Warnford, West Meon & Woodlands Garden & Countryside Club

2025 Summer Show

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Warnford, West Meon & Woodlands Garden & Countryside Club Summer Show will be held on:

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SATURDAY 9 AUGUST 2025 – 2:15 pm

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in Warnford Village Hall.

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The schedule detailing the classes is below, for reference, here is the Genoese Sponge Cake recipe:

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Coffee Genoese Sponge

 

Ingredients

• 60g butter

• 125g plain flour

• 4 medium eggs

• 125g caster sugar

 

Method

1. Melt the butter gently and leave to cool slightly. Use a little of it to grease 2 round 18cm or 20cm cake tins. Dust the sides generously with flour, tip out any excess, then line the bases with baking parchment.

2. Sift the flour; set aside. Put the eggs and sugar in a large heatproof bowl that will sit snugly over the top of a saucepan. Pour boiling water into the saucepan and sit the bowl on top. The hot water must not actually touch the bowl; it is the steam that is needed to heat it up, which helps the sugar to dissolve and thickens the mixture slightly.

3. Using a hand-held electric beater, whisk the eggs and sugar for about 10 minutes, until very pale, thick, mousse-like and at least trebled in bulk. The mixture should hold its shape on the surface for three seconds if you let a little fall from the beaters.

4. Sift half the flour into the egg and sugar mixture and gently fold it in with a large metal spoon. Repeat with the remaining flour. Carefully pour in the melted butter and fold this in too, until just incorporated. Pour the mixture into the tins and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C/Gas Mark 4 for 25 minutes, until golden brown and firm to the touch. Leave to cool in the tins for a few minutes and then, running a small, sharp knife around the edge of the cakes if necessary to help release them, turn them out on to a wire rack to cool completely.

5. Sit the thicker of the two cakes on a plate or stand, flat-side up. Spread generously with coffee buttercream, then sandwich with the other cake, top-side up. Put the cake on a serving plate and dust with icing sugar.

 

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