# Raspberry & Custard Birthday Cake

This is a beginner-friendly Raspberry and Custard birthday cake, perfect for celebrations.

- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 7 eggs
- 180 g flour
- 150 g sugar
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 400 butter (room temp)
- 300 g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence
- 500 ml milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 eggyolk
- 1 tbsp vanilla paste
- 40 g cornstarch
- 100 g sugar
- 1 jar raspberry marmalade
- raspberries

## Instructions

1. Whisk up eggs and sugar on high speed for around 8-10 minutes until foamy.
2. Add in the oil and vanilla and whisk for another 1/2 minute just until incorporated.
3. Fold in half of the dry ingredients.
4. Pour the batter into 2 x 22 cm cake forms and bake at 185 °C fan for 35-40 min. (a toothpick should come out with wet crumbs, when done).
5. Cut the cakes in half so you have 4 cake layers.
6. Whisk up all the butter, icing sugar, and vanilla essence ingredients on medium to high speed for 12 min. until fluffy.
7. Combine milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a saucepan and bring to a simmer on high heat, whisking non stop.
8. Add some of the mixture to another bowl and add the cornstarch.
9. Add the cornstarch mixture to the saucepan and stir on medium heat constantly until thickened. Let it cool down before using.
10. Add a tiny bit of buttercream to the cake plate.
11. Add the first cake layer.
12. Create a circle around the edge with custard.
13. Soak the layer with the marmalade using a spoon.
14. Add marmalade followed by 1/3 of the custard filling.
15. Repeat these layering steps two more times.
16. Coat the whole cake with the remaining buttercream.
17. Decorate the top of the cake with raspberries.
18. Serve a slice of the cake.

## Equipment

- cake forms
- saucepan
- cake plate

## Tips

- Let it sit in the fridge overnight before serving. This is a must!

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kMnnYB/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/256ad0bd-de7e-467a-8951-fc44d1b0a42b
- Extracted: 2025-07-29

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