Sponge cake is good, but brown butter sponge cake is better. And Michael and Pippa James fill theirs with passionfruit cream or a raspberry-vanilla ripple There are so many uses for a great sponge ...

For anyone who regularly bakes, this recipe needs to be in your repertoire. It's a basic sponge cake and one of the most versatile cakes you can make. It's great by itself. It's wonderful as a base ...

What I am aiming to do here is get you started on cake making. Once you have mastered the art of the classic sponge cake you can then move on to all the variations and never look back. The best bit is ...