Cold Desserts Recipes - Sponge Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 75g/3oz plain flour

• 150g/5oz self-raising flour

• 6 eggs

• 200g/7oz caster sugar

• 2 tablespoons boiling water

• 150g/5oz strawberry jam

• 225ml/8fl oz double cream

• Icing sugar to dust

Serves 6-8

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4. Lightly grease two 23cm/9in sandwich tins or round cake tins and line the bases with baking parchment. Dust the tins with a little flour. shaking off any excess.

2. Sift the flours  together onto a sheet of greaseproof paper. Beat the eggs in a large bowl with an electric beater for 7 minutes, or until thick and pale. Gradually add the sugar to the eggs, beating well after each addition. Using a large metal spoon, quickly and gently fold in the sifted flour and the boiling water. 

3. Spread the mixture evenly into the tins and bake for 25 minutes, or until the sponges are lightly golden. Leave the sponges in their tins for 5 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool.

4. Spread jam over one of the sponges. Beat the cream in a small bowl until stiff, then spoon into a piping bag and pipe rosettes over the jam. Place the other sponge on top and dust with icing sugar and serve.