A Perfect Sponge Cake!   

Submitted by Jenni Davis 

Ingredients (cake) 
11oz self-raising flour 
8oz caster suger 
1tsp baking powder 
4 fl oz vegetable oil 
8fl oz cold water 
flavouring, i.e. 1tbsp lemon/lime juice, coffee flavouring, or cocoa 

Ingredients (buttor icing) 
6oz icing sugar (sieved) 
2oz vegan margarine 
1tsp flavouring, i.e. lemon/lime juice or vanilla essence 


Directions (cake) 
Put the self-raising flour, baking powder and flavouring in a bowl and mix well. 

Pour over vegetable oil, and then gradually add the water, mixing well. 

Beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon. 

Pour into two greased and floured sandwich tins (7'') and bake for about 25 minutes at 200C (or 22 minutes at 180 in a fan oven), until cooked through. 

When cool, sandwich the cakes together with butter icing and decorate the top with glace icing. 

Directions (icing) 
Beat margarine until soft, add icing sugar and flavouring.