Basic Recipe.

Serves 8.

2 eggs, size 3.
75g (3 oz) caster sugar.
75g (3 oz) self-raising flour.

(1) Heat oven to 180C, 350F, gas mark4. Grease an 18cm (7 inch) cake tin.

(2) Break eggs into a bowl and whisk lightly, add sugar and whisk well until thick, creamy and almost white in color.

(3) Lightly fold in the flour. Place mixture into prepared tin and bake for about 30 minutes.

(4) When cool, slice and spread with jam and cream or other filling.

If the cake is very fresh, warm the jam to help spread.