Strawberry and custard sponge cake

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■ Serves 8 ■ 20 mins plus 1 hr chilling ■ Cook 5 mins 50g frozen mixed berries4 tbsp golden caster sugar4 tbsp crème de cassisabout 250g madeira cake, sliced250g mascarpone500g fresh custard2 tsp vani

Ingredients (Makes 16 squares) ◆ 300g white chocolate, broken into pieces ◆ 75g butter ◆ 3 eggs ◆ 175g caster sugar ◆ 175g self-raising flour ◆ 175g shelled hazelnuts, roughly chopped ◆ 5ml vanilla es

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