Step 1. Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees and grease 2 cake tins with a little bit of butter
Step 2. Cream together your butter and sugar until pale and fluffy
Step 3.Then add in your eggs one by one until fully combined
Step 4. Sift in your flour and slowly fold into the mixture
Step 5. Separate your mixture into the 2 tins and pop into the oven for 20 mins, or until golden brown
Step 6.Take the cake out and allow to cool for 5 minutes and then place the cakes onto a cooling wrack, taking them out of the tins
Step 7. Whilst your cakes are cooling you can make the buttercream! Cream together your butter, vanilla extract and icing sugar, beat for at least 5 minutes to make sure it is super smooth and creamy
Step 8. Take one half of the cake and spread across your buttercream, then add your jam
Step 9. Place the other half of the cake on top and sift over a little bit of icing sugar for decoration
Step 10. Make a cuppa, sit down and relax with a slice
