Victoria sponge

Unbalanced

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Preheat your oven to gas mark 5/190°C/375°F

Step 2

and prepare and line your cake tins (follow the instructions below).

Step 3

In an electric mixer or using a large bowl

Step 4

and wooden spoon, cream the sugar and

Step 5

butter together until light and fluffy.

Step 6

Add one egg at a time, beating well until the mixture is smooth.

Step 7

Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold it into the mixture. Add a little milk if it feels dry.

Step 8

Divide the mixture between the two tins and use an angled palette knife or the back of a spoon to level the mixture out.

Step 9

Place both tins in the oven and check after 20 minutes. The cakes are ready when you can insert a skewer into the centre of each one and it comes out clean.

Step 10

Turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack, peel off the greaseproof papers, turn over and leave to cool completely before decorating.