Mini Victoria Sponge Cakes (cos we've nearly run out of jam)

I'm tired and feeling a bit achey and sickly so don't want to do much today.  But the boy wants to bake - sigh.  "Ok, choose something out of that little book over there then".  He chose a victoria sponge cake; we only have a scraping of jam left in the jar...I know let's make mini cakes!  I have never made these before but let's give it a go...

To make 2 mini sponge cakes you will need: 

4 small tins (9cm), a baking tray (to put your small tins on), greaseproof paper, 3 year old helper.

75g Caster sugar

75g Unsalted butter (softened) plus extra for greasing

1 Egg

Half tsp Vanilla Extract

75g Self Raising Flour

First grease your tins (I used four 9cm tins) and line with greaseproof paper. Put the oven on 180oC/160 fan/Gas 4.

Beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, add your egg and vanilla extract a little at a time.

Sift the flour into the mix and fold in to combine.  Divide the mix between your chosen tins and smooth (ours didn't smooth so well, see pic). Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, cool for 10 minutes in the tins, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. 

While this is going on you could wash up, or get your little helper to do it, dance around the kitchen, wave to the window cleaner and keep peeping through the oven door to see if they are "growing".

Spread on your jam of choice (ours was a mixed berry one), sandwich together and dust with a little icing sugar. Voila, scrummy mini Victoria Sponge cakes.

I enjoyed my half with a nice cup of earl grey tea. If I made these again I would use less sugar, they are too sweet for my liking. Nx