Desserts & Baking
Nana’s victorian sponge cake




Wine/Spirit Pairing
Villiera Chenin Blanc 2015
Ingredients
Method
- 225 g butter, softened
- 225 g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 225 g self-raising flour
- 4 free-range eggs
- 1 t baking powder
- Raspberry jam, for filling
Method
Ingredients
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease 2 x 20 cm round cake tins.
- Mix all the ingredients except the jam in a large bowl until combined.
- Pour the mixture into the cake tins and bake for 25 minutes.
- Allow to cool slightly, then remove the cakes from the tins and cool completely.
- Sandwich the cakes together with the jam, sprinkle with caster sugar and serve.
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Cook's note: "My love affair with baking started with beating the sugar and butter together in my nana’s mixing bowl. I still have it. She could whip up a sponge cake in minutes with no electric beater. We would sit on the couch together and beat that sugar and butter until it was pale and creamy.” – Abigail Donnelly
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