Saturday Morning Quick Sponge Cake

Saturday Morning Quick Sponge Cake



Can also be made as a quick birthday or coffee morning cake, easy peasy, lemon squeezy !
Except you won't need one.



Shopping List:

115 gr self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder (backing)
115 gr butter, softened
115 gr sugar, golden or soft caster
2 large eggs, free range
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract/essence

Pot of Strawberry Jam ( Or any other will do) and Icing sugar

Preheat your oven to 170C. grease or spray and line your 2 round sandwich tins (18cm).

Mix the flour, the baking powder (backing), and then all the other ingredients in one of your big mixing bowls until well combined. Divide the mixture between your sandwich tins and bake them in your preheated oven for about 24-25 minutes.

Let them cool in the tin for about 2 minutes, then gently turn them out onto your wire rack (2).
Cool completely. Spread the bottom one  (turned upside down)  with good dollops of jam. ( Not too much ofcourse)
Sandwich the cakes together.  (Put the nicest cake on top). Dust with icing sugar. Decorate as you like it.
Serve with or without whipped cream. It looks a bit dark in the photo but it isn't really!



Quick as you can!

                                                               "Enjoy"