This weekend is all about treating the most important lady in your life; your Mam.
To really impress her this Mother's Day, surprise her with some beautiful flowers with bouquets at Tesco (from €4 up to €29.99) and why not try your hand at this floral-inspired cake with pretty pink petals, sweet raspberries and cream.
Serve with a glass of raspberry bellini to complete the perfect at home afternoon tea. It's the ideal way to spoil the woman who does everything for you.
Check out the delicious recipes from Tesco below.
Raspberries and cream cake with rose petals
- 35 mins to prepare and 25 mins to cook
- 629 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 250g (8oz) unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 250g (8oz) caster sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 200g (7oz) self-raising flour, sifted
- 50g (2oz) ground almonds
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 lemons, zested
- splash milk, if needed
For the filling
- 100g (3 1/2oz) mascarpone
- 200ml (7fl oz) whipping cream
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 200g (7oz) frozen raspberries, defrosted and drained
For the icing
- 125g (4oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 175g (6oz) icing sugar
- 1 lemon, finely zested
- 2 tbsp milk
- pink food colouring
- edible rose petals, to decorate
Method
Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Grease and line 3 x 18cm (8in) loose-bottomed cake tins and set aside.
In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk, until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then fold in the flour, almonds, baking powder and lemon zest (if the mixture feels too thick, add a splash of milk – it should fall off a spoon when tapped).
Divide the mixture evenly between the three tins and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out on to wire racks to cool.
Meanwhile, make the filling. In a large bowl, whip the mascarpone with the cream and icing sugar, until stiff enough to just hold its shape. Fold in the raspberries and set aside.
For the icing, beat the butter and icing sugar in a bowl, until light and fluffy. Add the lemon zest, milk and a few drops of food colouring, until the desired shade of pink is reached.
To assemble, put one sponge on a serving plate and spread with half the filling mixture. Top with the second sponge and repeat with the remaining filling. Top with the third and final sponge. Using a spatula, spread the frosting over the cake and scatter over the rose petals.
Raspberry bellini recipe
Serves 6 / 5 mins to prepare / 10 mins to cook / 113 calories per serving
Ingredients:
200g raspberries
1 tbsp caster sugar
Tesco finest* Bisol Prosecco
Method:
Put the raspberries and sugar into a pan with a splash of water and heat until the sugar has dissolved and the raspberries have softened
Press the raspberry mixture through a fine sieve into a large jug. Add the Prosecco, stir well and pour into 6 chilled champagne flutes
Serve up these home-cooked treats with some beautiful spring blooms. Tesco has a wide range of bouquets to make mums smile this Mother’s Day from pocket money budget options at €4 up to €29.99. This year’s Mother’s day fresh flower range includes; Angel Kiss bouquet with a selection of stunning white and dusty pink blooms at €29.99 or pretty pink spring-blooming tulips at €6.
