Sponge cake recipe

Does anyone have a good plain sponge cake recipe which is tried and tested? I want to attempt a rainbow cake

My mum is a dab hand at sponge I will ring her in a bit for you

Thanks Hun

you're welcome

This is the one Mandy gave me ages ago and will do an 8" cake, it's good!

Ingredients
225g caster sugar
250g unsalted butter
250g self raising flour
4 large eggs
1tsp of vanilla extract or essence

Method

Preheat oven to 180c and grease or line two cake tins
Mix the butter and caster sugar until it starts to go white, if you're using an electric hand whisk then you need to whisk for at least 5 mins, if a food processor then a couple of mins on a medium setting
Add your eggs, individually, mixing each one in thoroughly before adding the next one otherwise the mixture will curdle.

Sieve in the flour and add the vanilla, it's really important to sieve as it allows lots of air into the mixture which will help it rise properly, if you're using a food processor mix it in on the lowest setting if you're doing it by hand, fold in with a wooden spoon.

Pour the mixture into your two tins equally and level out with a palette knife or the back of a spoon to give a flat top.

Bake for approx 35 mins, to test if cooked, place a thin metal skewer in the middle, if it comes out without any mixture on it's cooked.

Turn onto a cooling rack and allow to cool before adding your filling and decorating.
Fill with jam and buttercream

The best way is to weigh 3 or 4 eggs and then use that weight for butter flour and sugar. It will prob work out the same as mandy/kates recipe. That's the one I always use x

I always do the simple 2 of everything.
2 eggs,
2tbls of sugar, flour, butter mix and hope for the best

Jade that's how I usually do it, but I can't remember where I heard that it was a good cake mix so figured I'd ask lol

Thanks Kate I'll give it a go!