Are you looking for a versatile cake recipe that can be adapted in various ways? Try this recipe for sponge cake with pudding ...

A classic nursery favourite that is the perfect pudding on a cold winter night - cooked in minutes in the microwave. Generously butter the inside of two 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basins.

Use 1 tsp of low fat spread to grease 6 castle pudding moulds or heatproof teacups ... and then share the sponge mixture between them. Tightly cover each one with foil or greaseproof paper.

These puddings are simply sugar-macerated slices of peeled tamarillo with a simple sponge mixture baked on top, like the sponge in my video but with almonds added. These are great warm as a ...