Victoria sponge cake

Ingredients

Sponge

175 g unsalted butter
175 g caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
175 g self-raising flour

Filling

3 tbsp strawberry jam
500 ml double cream


Method
1. Set the oven to 180C/gas 4. Lightly butter two sandwich tins, each with a diameter of 20cm.

2. Cream together the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, and then slowly add the beaten egg.

3. Fold in the sifted flour and spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tins.

4. Bake for 20 minutes. Leave to cool and then remove from the tins.

5. Whip the cream until thick and use it to fill the sponge with the jam.

6. Dust liberally with icing sugar to serve.