Lush, ripe strawberries are all piled into a sponge flan case and topped with simple jelly to hold it all together. It’s vibrant, sweet, fresh and incredibly light. You can get really creative with your homemade tarts, flans and quiches. You can perfect your own quiche Lorraine recipe, or you can venture out into ricotta and leak quiche, or even ham, pineapple and cheddar. Beautiful and summery, you seriously have to give this delicious strawberry sponge flan a go. You won’t regret it. More recipes you’ll love

Because of the shape of a flan tin, it’s nigh on impossible to line it with baking paper. To ensure that your flan case turns out nicely, I recommend coating the inside of the tin with ‘cake release’. There are different kinds available, either as a spray or as a liquid that you brush on. Secondly, while mum might work in ounces, I actually grew up using grams so I’ve shown both measures in the recipe. Sadly, 2-55-55-1 doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, though. 🙂As well as our quiche dishes, flan tins and tartlet tins, you’ll find full pastry making kits with everything you need to use alongside your baking tins, including those fun weighted balls used for blind baking. We’ve also got a full range of baking ingredients and baking accessories, featuring a wide selection of baking tins, sheets and trays. To avoid an over-stuffed pantry, I make my own self-raising flour by adding baking powder to plain flour. either version works in this sponge flan recipe. Bake the cake mixture as two 8-inch sandwich cakes, and fill and top them with the jam, chilled cheesecake filling and strawberries. Also not a flan as such, but the same combination of flavours and textures.

Strawberries are one of my favourite fruits. Sweet, juicy but firm and so fresh, I have loads of recipes on this blog for the strawberry lover. This Strawberry sponge cake is an even more elegant version of the same flavours. Is it cake or tart? To enhance the fruity flavours, I also added a layer of sweet strawberry jam underneath the ‘cheesecake’ layer. You can choose to leave this out if you like but it did make it extra delicious! Strawberry cheesecake flan – ingredients A favourite from my childhood, this strawberry flan recipe is extremely easy to make and great for entertaining too. Another popular flan filling is a combination of cream or custard with fruit. The space in the flan case is first filled with whipped cream, creme patisserie (sometimes called confectioners custard), mousse, whipped custard or something similar. Then sliced or whole fruits are arranged on top. They can be covered with a sweet glaze, or just left plain.On the hunt for some good quality baking essentials? We've got everything from loaf tins to pizza pans to muffin trays. Our cupcake tray range is excellent for baking sweet and savoury dishes such as fruit muffins, egg cups and mini quiches.