Super Simple Sponge Cake
A simple and delicious sponge cake perfect for birthdays or tea time.
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- •250 g Butter
- •250 g Self raising flour
- •250 g Sugar
- •4 Eggs
- •Orange zest(optional)A few bits
- •4 tbsp Lemon curd
- •5 tbsp MascarponeHeaped
- •1 tbsp Icing sugar
- •0.5 orange Orange juiceTo loosen the cream
- •1 Vanilla pod
- •1 punnet Raspberries
- 1
Preheat the oven and prepare your baking tin.
5 min
- 2
Combine 250g of butter, 250g of self raising flour, and 250g of sugar in a food processor.
3 min
- 3
Add four eggs and mix until smooth.
2 min
- 4
Add a few bits of orange zest to the batter.
1 min
- 5
Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake until golden.
30 min
- 6
Prepare the cream by mixing mascarpone, icing sugar, orange juice, and vanilla seeds.
5 min
- 7
Spread lemon curd on the cooled sponge base.
2 min
- 8
Add the mascarpone cream and top with raspberries.
3 min
- 9
Place the top layer of sponge and dust with icing sugar.
2 min
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