You will need:

175g each of self-raising flour, butter or margarine and castor sugar,
3 eggs, 2 tablespoons of milk, jam for filling,

Butercream: 50g butter and 50g icing sugar

Method

Set the oven to 190°, gas mark 5. Grease two 18cm cake tins.

1.Beat together the butter and sugar.Gradually add the eggs to the mixture.

2. Add theflour and fold in.

3.Spoon the mixture into the cake tins.

4.Bake for 20 minutes.

5.Let the cakes cool. They should feel springy under your paw.

6. Arrange on a plate. Serve with crisps and fruit