Liz Bingham's
The Beauty of Autumn cake
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- Bake type: Cakes
- Made in: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Skill level: Medium
- Time taken: 2 hours
About this Bake
This is a chocolate sponge, soaked in vanilla sugar syrup, filled with black fig jam and dark chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. Covered in buttercream. Adorned with organically grown flowers and a fig. I used seasonal, local, fairtrade, organic ingredients!
Top tip
Play around with fresh seasonal ingredients, it’s so much fun!