SPONGE CAKE

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Choose your favourite filling for this easy sponge cake - we've opted for lemon curd and whipped cream, but you could have jam. Perfect for afternoon tea.

Provided by Sophie Godwin - Cookery writer

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 9

225g softened butter
225g golden caster sugar
4 large eggs
½ lemon, zested
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g self-raising flour
splash of milk
Optional fillings of lemon curd, jam, lightly whipped cream
icing sugar for dusting

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, butter and line the base of two 20cm spring-form cake tins with baking parchment.
  • Using an electric whisk beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Crack the eggs in one at a time and whisk well, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Add the lemon zest, vanilla, flour, milk and a pinch of salt. Whisk until just combined then divide the mixture between the two tins.
  • Bake in the centre of the oven for 25-30 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. After 10 mins remove the cakes from their tins and leave to cool completely on a wire rack. Fill how you like. My personal favourite is a good dollop of lemon curd and some fresh cream, then dust the top with icing sugar. Will keep for 3 days.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 376 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 40 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 23 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.7 milligram of sodium

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