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Ingredients
Hemisphere Sponge
- 300 g unsalted butter soft, plus extra for greasing
- 300 g caster sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 300 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 oranges finely grated zest only
- 30 g orange juice, freshly squeezed
Round Sponge
- 120 g unsalted butter soft
- 120 g caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 120 g self-raising flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 orange finely grated zest only
- 15 g orange juice, freshly squeezed
Icing
- blue food colouring gel
- 1000 g fondant icing
- water for brushing
- 300 g unsalted butter soft
- 600 g icing sugar
- 1 orange finely grated zest only
- 1 orange juice only
-
100
g blueberry jam (see tip)
or blackcurrant jam (see tip)
Decoration
- silver decorating balls and sparkling snowflakes
- silver edible glitter
- Nutrition
- per 1 slice
- Calories
- 803.7 kcal / 3362.7 kJ
- Protein
- 5.7 g
- Fat
- 39.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 108.2 g
- Fibre
- 1.4 g
- Saturated Fat
- 20.8 g
- Sodium
- 400.1 mg