• Victoria sponge

    Ingredients

    • 200g castor sugar
    • 200g butter, soft
    • 4 eggs, beaten
    • 200g self-raising flour
    • 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) milk
    • good quality strawberry jam
    • fresh cream
    • icing sugar, to dust

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat oven to 190°C. Grease 2 x 20cm cake tins or spray with cooking spray.

    2

    Beat all the cake ingredients together in a large bowl until the batter is smooth and soft.

    3

    Divide the mixture between the tins and bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 20 minutes.

    4

    Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

    5

    Fill with whipped cream and strawberry jam, and dust with icing sugar to serve.