How to Prepare Favorite Basic Sponge Cake

Basic Sponge Cake.

You can have Basic Sponge Cake using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Basic Sponge Cake

1. You need 150 g of butter, room temperature.
2. It's 150 g of golden caster sugar.
3. It's 150 g of Self-raising flour.
4. Prepare 3 of eggs, room temperature.
5. Prepare of Vanilla essence.

Basic Sponge Cake instructions

1. Put the oven on to 175 degrees.
2. In a bowl mix the butter and sugar together ideally with a hand whisk or with a wooden spoon until the mixture is light and fluffy and then add the beaten egg a little at a time whisking continually..
3. Once the sugar, butter and the eggs are combined, add a few drops of vanilla before sifting the sifted flour into the bowl and mix with a metal spoon. I like to whisk the batter after to incorporate as much air into the mixture..
4. This mixture is enough to make a sponge cake (divide the mixture into two 7 inch lined tins and back for 35-45 mins or it can make 18-24 cupcakes..
5. Once baked, cool on a wire tray until ready to decorate with butter icing..