Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 227g (8oz) caster sugar
- 227g (8oz) butter, preferably Stork®
- 227g (8oz) self-raising flour
- 4 medium eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 140g (5oz) cocoa powder (optional)
- whipped cream, as much as you want (optional)
- 2 to 4 tablespoons jam (optional)
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:35min
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Put the sugar and the butter into a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon or an electronic mixer.
- Next add the flour and mix again.
- Then crack the eggs into a jug and whisk until orange.
- After that keep mixing, adding the egg a bit at a time, then add the cocoa powder, if using. Pour the cake mixture into 2 baking tins or 1 deep baking tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven until brown and a skewer inserted near the centre comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Then take the cake out of the oven, give it 30 to 60 minutes to cool down and add the cream and the jam.
Freezing tip
It is freezable.
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very excited this will be first time i do a birthday cake - 14 Apr 2016