Easiest Sponge recipe
Pre-heat the oven to 170 c / 375 F . Spray and line 2 x 6 inch (15 cm ) or 1 x 9 in or 24 cm tin This is a tender vanilla sponge that is great to eat with jam and cream and so easy to make.
Ingredients
- 225 gm butter soft
- 225 gm caster sugar
- 225 gm Cake flour Kialla unbleached Aussie
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 whole eggs
Filling
- 600 ml whipping cream
- 250 gm strawberries or any other berries you like
- 40 gm icing sugar sifted, ¼ cup
Instructions
- Put all of the ingredients into the bowl of your mixer .
- Put the mixer on medium and mix till just combined.
- Pour into your cake tin, or divide into two.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Test by inserting a skewer into the centre. If it comes out clean remove and cool. if the centre is still a little soft bake for a further 5 minutes.
- Decorate once cold.
- I used 600 ml thickened cream whipped with icing sugar to taste. (20.3 oz)
- Spread ½ the cream inside the cake and use the remainder on top. Cut the strawberries into slices or ½'s and use ½ inside and the remainder on the top. Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired. This type of sponge is delicious spread with strawberry or raspberry jam in the middle . Just add cream and icing sugar