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Basic Sponge Cake

Added on Thu Oct 18 2007

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" I've used this recipe for many years - it is the basis for all the cakes I make. You will be able to create your own cakes by using this recipe. "

The Basics

• Dish: Baking
• cuisine: English
• Serves: 6 - 8
• Prep Time: 0hrs 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ozs Flour
• 4 ozs sugar
• 4 ozs butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder

Method

Set the oven to 415 F. Grease & bottom line 2 sandwich tins. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and whizz for one minute with an electric hand beater. Divide batter and bake for 12 - 15 minutes or when you get that smell of freshly baked cake! Cool on a wire rack. Spread with your favourite jam, sandwich the cakes and dust with caster sugar.

Variations - use lemon curd instead of jam, cover the cake with whipped cream, decorate with some canned mandarin oranges and toasted slivered almonds. Serve as a dessert.

Lemon Loaf - make the loaf using the same ingredients, but add the grated rind of a lemon and increase the amount of baking powder to 1 1/2 tps. Bake in a greased and lined loaf tin at 350 F. This will take longer in the oven (approxiamately 35 - 45 minutes). Make a simple syrup with sugar(4tbs)juice of the lemon, pinch of salt and water (2 tbs). Once the cake is done, prick lots of hole in it while its still in the pan and pour the syrup over it. Leave it to cool in the pan.

Chocolate Cake - use 3 ozs of flour and 1 oz of good quality cocoa. Follow the same method as for the plain sandwich.