Sponge Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

100g butter, at room temperature.
100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar.
100g (3/4 cup) self raising flour.
2 large eggs, at room temperature.
Jam & icing sugar to finish

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180C.

• Grease 2 x 18cm cake tins

• Whisk butter & sugar together until creamy & pale in colour.

• Lightly whisk together the eggs & slowly add to the creamed butter, whisking the mixture continually.

• Sift the flour into the mixture & slowly fold, being careful not to over mix, or you will knock the air out of the mixture.

• Put the mixture into the two tins & bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown on the top.

• Allow to cool & then add jam & whipped cream & sandwich together.

• Dust the top of the cake with a small amount of icing sugar.