profile

Daen's Kitchen

My strawberries & cream sponge cake 🍓

Published 19 days ago • 1 min read

This strawberries and cream sponge cake happens to be one of my favourite desserts to make. The sponge is incredibly light and airy, but what I really love is making the homemade strawberry jam that gets layered throughout.

When strawberries are sweet and fragrant, I love turning them into a quick homemade jam and sandwiching it between layers of soft sponge cake and freshly whipped cream.

It’s the kind of dessert that works for so many occasions. Afternoon tea, a family gathering, or simply because you found yourself with a punnet of strawberries needing to go to use. And I promise you, homemade strawberry jam inside a sponge cake is one of life’s little joys.

Get the recipe here 👇

If you’re in the mood for baking, you might also enjoy these sweet favourites from my kitchen:

You can find all recipes below 👇

xoxo Daen

✨ 30 Minute Dinners✨

This lemon olive oil cake is one of the sweetest little cakes you’ll ever make. It’s bursting with citrus from both fresh lemon juice and zest, and the olive oil keeps it incredibly moist, light and naturally dairy-free.

Olive oil is a secret ingredient when it comes to baking as it creates the most delicious and moist cake with a tender crumb. This white chocolate, pistachio and raspberry olive oil cake is such a lovely cake that will always impress!

With 3 simple ingredients and only 5 minutes of prep required, you’ll soon have a sweet, tangy jam that’s bursting with strawberry flavour.

Buy me a bottle of olive oil! 🫒

I keep all my recipes free so everyone can cook along. If you’d like to support my work, leaving a tip helps me keep creating and sharing with you 💛

Melbourne, Australia 3000

​UNSUBSCRIBE​

Daen's Kitchen

The internet's garlic & olive oil girl

Hi! I'm Daen, the internet’s garlic and olive oil girl and the creator behind Daen’s Kitchen. I am a Mediterranean inspired home cook with Italian and Spanish roots, and I have built a community of over 8 million people who love simple yet impressive and delicious Mediterranean food. My cooking is all about big flavours, approachable recipes and the little foundations that make home cooking feel effortless. Expect lots of garlic confit, no knead focaccia, homemade breadcrumbs, one pot orzos, olive oil cakes and all the nostalgic dishes I grew up with.

Read more from Daen's Kitchen

Hello Reader, I know we all love a quick and easy dinner that doesn’t involve a lot of work and definitely doesn’t involve a lot of dishes. I tend to save my more dish-heavy recipes for the weekend. So I wanted to share a few of my favourite one pan dinners that will get you through a busy week. And one of them is a brand new recipe that my lovely email subscribers are getting to view first! It's my caramelised fennel creamy orzo. If you have never caramelized fennel before, then you are in...

2 days ago • 1 min read

It’s definitely not spring here in Melbourne, Australia right now. I am currently curled up on the couch with my slippers, a warm jumper and a hot cup of tea… but I feel like I’ve been living in it a little bit lately. As all my US friends enter spring, every time I open my phone my feed is filled with lovely light, green meals. And one thing I keep noticing everywhere right now? Artichokes. Which happens to be one of my absolute favourite vegetables to cook with. So if you are heading into...

3 days ago • 1 min read

There’s something about weekend cooking that just feels different. There’s no mad rush, no “what can I throw together in 20 minutes” and usually no hungry kids screaming at me because my partner is home to keep them busy… just slower, more relaxed meals that feel a little bit special, without actually being complicated. So if you’re staying in this weekend, here are 5 recipes I always come back to. They’re simple, comforting, and just have that weekend energy (so of course we needed to...

6 days ago • 1 min read