Easy jam sponge
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Easy jam sponge

By Georgina Kiely

Bake a simple and satisfying family pudding using our easy jam sponge recipe – it only needs a handful of ingredients and 30 minutes to make

  • Prep:5 mins
    Cook:25 mins
  • Serves 8
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 417
  • fat 19g
  • saturates 8g
  • carbs 55g
  • sugars 0g
  • fibre 1g
  • protein 5g
  • salt 0.59g

Ingredients

  • 175g butter plus extra for the tin
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 175g self-raising flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g strawberry jam, or raspberry jam, stirred
  • custard, cream or ice cream, to serve

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Butter a 25cm square or 20 x 30cm rectangular cake tin or baking dish.

  2. Beat the butter, sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla extract together until smooth. Spread the jam over the base of the tin, and dollop over the cake batter. Spread over evenly. Bake for 20-25 mins until the sponge is light golden and risen, and a skewer inserted into the middle comes back clean. Serve warm with custard, cream or ice cream.

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