It has been a long time since I have made a simple Victoria Sponge cake. It was easy to make and tasted delicious.

Ingredients

200g butter

200g self-raising wholemeal flour

200g sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

4 eggs

Instructions

Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with non-stick baking paper.

In a large bowl, beat caster sugar, softened butter, beaten eggs, self-raising flour, vanilla together until you have a smooth, soft batter.

Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth the surface with a spatula or the back of a spoon.

Bake for about 20 mins until golden and the cake springs back when pressed.

Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

I made some homemade strawberry jam and used the left over icing from the spice cake.

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