Ingredients
- 225g Unsalted Butter
- 225g Plain Flour
- 4 Eggs
- 225g Caster Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 tablespoon Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Strawberry Jam as needed
- Buttercream Frosting as needed
- Icing Sugar as needed
All in One Basic Sponge
| Serves: 8 | Recipe course: Dessert | Category: Cakes | Machine: Mixer, Stand mixer | Total time (min.): 26 |
This recipe is all you need to make a simple sponge cake quickly and with little preparation or fuss. Simply add the ingredients into the mixer bowl and select the ‘Sponge cake’ pre-set programme, letting the machine do the hard work. Once the machine stops divide the mixture between two sandwich tins and bake.
Tools
- Oven
- Parchment paper
- Cooling rack
- Chef Patissier XL
- Kenwood bowl - chef patissier xl
- Round pan - 20cm (8")
- Serving plate
Method
- Pre-heat oven - 180°C
- Grease 2 clean round pans
- Line with parchment paper then set aside
- Attach K Beater
- Add unsalted butter, plain flour, caster sugar, baking powder, egg, milk and vanilla extract to the Kenwood Bowl
- Mix - 1 min, Speed Max
- Divide content of Kenwood Bowl between 2 round pans evenly
- Spread until level
- Bake until golden brown - 20 min, 180°C
- Let cool - approx 5 min
- Turn out onto cooling rack and let cool
- Transfer one sponge to serving plate
- Spread with strawberry jam and buttercream frosting
- Place the other sponge on top and press down gently
- Dust with icing sugar
- Serve
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Victoria Sponge
A traditional cake everyone will love and perfect for afternoon tea. You can change the filling to any jam or curd you like.