Name: Buckingham Palace Strawberry Bunting Cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For the cake; 225g/8oz unsalted butter at room temperature, plus more for greasing; 225g/8oz caster sugar; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 4 free-range eggs; 225g/8oz plain flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tbsp boiling water; For the filling; 100g/4oz strawberry jam; 180ml/6¼fl oz double cream, whipped; 12 large strawberries, hulled and sliced; For the decoration; 12 medium strawberries; A handful of fresh rose petals; Icing sugar, for dusting; Mini bunting, around 30cm/12in long; 2 red-and-white paper drinking straws; 2 thin wooden skewers

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