Sponge

Name: Sponge
Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) muscovado sugar or soft light brown sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) muscovado sugar or soft light brown sugar; 4 eggs; 2 vanilla beans, seeds scraped; 4 overripe bananas, mashed with a fork; 4 overripe bananas, mashed with a fork; 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 320 g (11½ oz) self-raising flour; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) full-cream (whole) milk; 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); Hot chocolate sauce, to serve

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chefs Host Christmas Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature
100 g (3½

Dessert
Vegetarian
December
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
Put the butter, both sugars and vanilla seeds in the bowl of a freestanding electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream the ingredients on low-medium speed for 8–10 minutes until smooth and pale, scraping