Use this large sponge cake recipe as the base for a kids’ party cake. It’s a jam-filled sponge coated with buttercream, ready for you to cover with fondant icing and decorate in any way you like.

Simon Rimmer scores a lemony hat-trick with this delectable lemon sponge cake soaked in lemon icing and filled with lemon curd mascarpone. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a ...