Birthday baking

A quick post about a cake I made at the beginning of July for my Dad's birthday. It was one of the few rare hot days we've had this summer, so anything chocolately was out of the question (boo). After rummaging in my parent's cupboards I decided to make a Lemon and Coconut cream cake.

I usually don't follow a recipe for my namesake Victoria Sponge cakes as I've been making them since I was little, but decided to try out Mary Berry's 'Perfect Victoria Sandwich' recipe from the Great British Bake Off book, which by the way is an excellent book that I've made quite a few things from so far. It also has a recipe for the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made!

So, I just adapted the recipe a little bit by adding lemon extract to the sponge mixture and coconut into the buttercream filling. I finished it by drizzling normal icing on top and a few edible jelly decorations. Delish!