Sponge cake
Easy receipt for everyone
Our easy sponge cake recipe is foolproof. With only five ingredients this basic cake recipe just needs your favourite icing and you're sorted. It's a small sponge cake, made in an 18cm or 7in cake tin.
- 125 g butter or margarine, softened
- 125 g caster sugar
- 2 medium free-range eggs
- 125 g self raising flour
- jam, lemon curd or whipped cream and berries, to serve
Ingredients
- Heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and line two 18cm/7in cake tins with baking parchment.
- Cream the butter and the sugar together until pale. Use an electric hand mixer if you have one. Beat in the eggs.
- Sift over the flour and fold in using a large metal spoon.
- The mixture should be of a dropping consistency; if it is not, add a little milk.
- Divide the mixture between the cake tins and gently spread out with a spatula.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before turning on to a wire rack to cool. - Sandwich the cakes together with jam, lemon curd or whipped cream and berries or just enjoy on its own.
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Recipe Tips
This easy sponge cake recipe can be jazzed up with whipped cream and seasonal fruit, or with your favourite jam or fruit curd.