Mary Berry make delicious strawberry slices using her co-writer Lucy’s recipe on Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites.

Mary says: “Lucy has worked with me for 25 years! A twist on the classic Victoria sandwich, her slices look adorable and are, of course, divine to eat!”

The ingredients are: 225g butter, softened, or baking spread, plus extra for greasing, 4 free-range eggs, 225g caster sugar, 300g self-raising flour, 2 level tsp baking powder, 4 tbsp milk and 1 tsp vanilla extract.

For the filling: 2 tbsp strawberry jam, 1 tsp lemon juice, 300g small fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half, 300ml double cream, whipped, 200ml full-fat crème fraîche and icing sugar, for dusting.

The recipe is taken from Mary’s book titled: Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites, available from Amazon now.