You will need:
4 eggs
Butter
Caster sugar
Self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
A few tblsp milk
Method:
- Weigh the eggs in their shells, roughly 9oz.
- Then, weigh out the same weight of butter, sugar and flour.
- Whisk the butter until creamy, this is an important stage for ensuring a light sponge, so spend enough time whipping.
- Add the sugar and whisk.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract, then fold in the flour.
- If the mixture is not dropping off the spoon easily add milk until it does.
- Spoon into greased sponge tins and bake at 180C for 25-30 mins.
- When nicely browned, and cooked through, leave to cool for a little before turning out onto cooling racks.
- Prepare a standard vanilla butter-cream mix for one cake, and spread jam liberally over the other, then sandwich together.
- Lightly dust the top of the cake with icing sugar.
Although I would have preferred raspberry jam, the damson jam was still delicious and the slight sharpness was in good contrast to the sweetness of the butter-cream.
Enjoy!
Loganberry jam would be an interesting variation-raspberry taste but a bit sharper.
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ReplyDeleteYummy! Sometimes you can't beat a slice of proper sponge cake:)
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