VERY simple light sponge cake recipe?

[rosamundjohn]

Hello. I have never made a cake.(sucessfully anyway) Can anyone supply me with a recipe that cannot go wrong? A light sponge that I can fill with whipped cream? Ingredients and the size of tins to buy?

[barb1314]

225g each of SR Flour,caster sugar,soft butter and 4 free range eggs. 6 tbsp strawb jam and 300ml whipping or double cream. Heat oven to 180. Grease 2 x 6/7 inch tins with melted butter and line the bases with a circle of greaseproof. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.Add eggs one at a time. (If it curdles slightly,add a spoon of the flour) Gently fold in the rest of the flour. Divide between the 2 tins and level off the tops. Bake for 20 mins or until they bounce back slightly when you press with your finger. Take out of the tins and cool on a rack. When cold,sandwich together with the whipped cream and jam.
Hope that works for you. Used by everyone in my family and pretty traditional.

[DTCwordfan]

the trick rosamund is to add the egg very very slowly and certainly not one at a time.....as slow as poss - and if you can find ducks eggs even better as they are much richer....

[ojread2]

the best cakes are ones you can put it all in the bowl at once
Weight the eggs, add other ingredients to the same weight, a pinch of baking powder and beat till mixed well
Oven temperature needs to be fairly low (gas 4 dunno what that is in C or F) and cook till golden on top and it springs back when you press on it

Fail safe, simple and yummy
Add filling of your choice

[starone]

Tesco sell ducks eggs

[welshlibranr]

this one never fails for me........sorry don't do gramms..... set the oven to 180C......All in one large mixing bowl......8 ozs of SR flour, 8ozs castor sugar, 8ozs butter or marg, one and a half teaspoons baking powder, 4 eggs (medium or large) divide between two 7-8 inch cake tins and bake for around 20-25 mins, just above the centre of the oven or until the top of the cakes bounce back when gently tapped with your finger, avoid opening to oven before about 20 mins, allow to cool on a rack, and fill.............good luck

[welshlibranr]

oops!...........forgot to say, when all of the ingredients are in the bowl, beat with an electric whisk for at least 3 mins.......

[Hettster]

This one works a treat for me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/..._berrys_perfect_34317

Kind regards
Hettster

[crisgal]

i like this pound cake recipe:
a pound of flour
a pound of sugar
a pound if marg
9 eggs
teaspoon of baking powder and drop of vanilla extract

bung it all in a food processor and whip up till thoroughly mixed and bung in a roasting tin.
cook at 180 for 50 mins to an hour.
It makes a humongous cake but can be cut up and frozen.
We have it with or without simple icing; with jam or syrup and custard; split & filled with jam and fresh cream.
You can adapt it well too - add glace cherries to the mix, or swap 2 tablespoons of flour for cocoa for a delish choccy sponge.