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Hi, Paul uses chocolate cake for his basque cake. Could I use a vanilla sponge recipe? Would it sculpt ok?

Hi sophielouise

I think you’d be better off using something a little studier like this http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10860/easy-vanilla-cake. This is not a true Madeira but will stand the weight of the fondant where a Victoria sponge type cake probably would not. A chilled caked will sculpt better, you’ll get less breaking and crumbs. x

Thank you very much x