So I found myself somewhat housebound the other day, recovering from a minor op, and decided to do some baking with what I had in the flat. Not a lot, but enough to make a very simple sponge tray bake.
I've never tried baking a tray bake before, but the idea seemed (and is) simple enough. I've said previously that I dislike the chemical side to baking, and with a tray bake that more-or-less disappears. Indeed, you simply put everything into the mixing bowl at the same time and mix it all up, before spooning it into a tray.
I used a classic Mary Berry recipe (from her book Mary Berry's Ultimate Cookbook (London: BBC, 2003)), which was really simple:
- 225g butter
- 225g caster sugar
- 275g self-raising flour
- 4 eggs
- 4 tablespoons of milk
Leave to cook at 180 degrees centigrade for about 35 minutes (in the fan oven it was cooked after 25).
I found that dusting it with some icing sugar, as Mary Berry recommends, worked much better than with caster sugar--what I normally use to dust Victoria sponges.
I'd recommend only base-lining the tin with any greaseproof paper, as it can eat into the sponge otherwise (see the lemon drizzle post).
Cut into bitesize pieces- it's enough for 30 or so pieces.
Et voici les résultats:
Cut into nice bitesize chunks! |
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