Emergency Quick Birthday Cake:P – Ok I Know Its Basically a Victoria Sponge with a Little Extra:P

Ingredients

• 200 Gr Unsalted Butter Room Temp
• 200 Gr Caster Sugar
• 200 Gr AP Flour
• 3 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
• 4 Large Eggs – Whisked together
• 2 Tbsp Milk
• 100 Gr Unsalted Butter
• 140 Gr Icing Sugar
• 150 Gr Strawberry or Cherry Jam
• 200 Ml Whipping Cream – Whipped to Soft Peaks
• 1 Tbsp Icing Sugar for Dusting

Steps

1. Bring the fan oven to 170c, then grease 2 x 20 cm cake tins.
2. Work by hand in a large bowl, or use a standing mixer for extra speed. Cream the butter and sugar, blend in the remaining cake-mix items, then put half the batter in each tin. Bake for 20 mins or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
3. Cool the cakes on a wire rack, then refrigerate for 5 mins while you make the fillings.
4. Make the filling by creaming the butter with vanilla and icing sugar. Transfer it to a bowl and refrigerate it, then whip the cream.
5. Take one cake for the base, using the less attractive one. Spread the icing-sugar filling evenly over it, followed by jam and then cream. Put the 2nd cake on top, dust with icing sugar and refrigerate until ready to serve.