I followed the recipe faithfully. The only area I strayed from was instead of creaming the butter and sugar by hand with a wooden spoon (like I was taught in school) I (mistakenly)thought it would be easier to use the electric whisk. BIG mistake! It all got clogged up in the metal whisks. Won't be doing that again!
To keep this short - I still can't bake. My sponges resembled thick biscuits and were not light and spongy. I do not know what I did wrong. Not sure if it is the recipe or that I just can't bake!
My daughter ate a slice out of charity. Needless to say, with the fresh cream, I couldn't keep the cake long enough to eat all by myself - no-one else wanted any :-(
Oh well. At least I tried. And the finished cake looks good in the photo :-)
No more baking for me for a while - back to main courses...
