Easy treacle sponge

Kids' baking recipe for 8 people, takes only 40 mins; recipe has golden syrup, lemon, breadcrumb, butter, golden caster sugar, egg, self-raising flour and milk.

Easy treacle sponge

Easy treacle sponge

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Kids baking
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Egg: 3 medium eggs
  • Milk: 5 tbsp milk
  • Lemon: zest 1 lemon, plus juice 1/2 lemon
  • Butter: 200g pack butter, softened
  • Breadcrumb: 5 tbsp breadcrumb
  • Self Raising Flour: 200g self-raising flour
  • Golden Caster Sugar: 200g golden caster sugar
  • Golden Syrup: 250g golden syrup

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix the syrup, lemon zest, juice and breadcrumbs and spread over the base of a 1.5 litre baking dish.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then beat in the eggs, one by one. Stir in the flour and milk and dollop over the syrup. Bake for 35-40 mins until golden and risen, and a skewer poked into the sponge comes out clean-ish. Eat with lots of custard, cream or ice cream and extra dribbles of syrup.