The following recipe for sugar syrup is quick and simple and is a great way of adding flavour to a cake as well as keeping your sponge nice and moist.  Below that are some examples of sponge, filling and syrup flavours and different flavour combinations that work well together.

75g Sugar
75g Water
30ml flavouring e.g. rum

1. Boil the sugar and water together for 5 minutes
2. Cool to room temperature.
3. Use a brish to brush the sugar syrup onto the sponge(s) to keep them moist.

Examples of different flavours:

Sponge	Creams & Fillings	Jams, Curds and Compotes	Syrups
VanillaChocolateCarrot Banana Lemon Orange Coffee Raspberry Mixed Spice Guiness Walnut Green Tea Lime Cinnamon Caramel	VanillaOrgangeLemon Coffee Walnut Chocolate Passion Fruit Honey	LemonOrgangeLime Pineapple Banana Mized Berries Chocolate Passion Fruit Strawberry Rhubarb Raspberry Apple Blackcurrant Blackberry Cherry Mango Pear	VanillaCoffeeRum Whisky Champagne Mixed Berries Raspberry Mixed Spice Caramel Passion Fruit Mint Lemon Orange Blossom Aniseed Lime Calvados Lavendar Rose Honey

Examples of flavour combinations:

Sponge	Creams & Fillings	Jams, Curds and Compotes	Syrups
Vanilla	Lemon	Raspberry	Vanilla
Chocolate	Vanilla	Cherry	Rum
Lemon	Orange	Mixed Berries	Lime
Raspberry	Lemon	Raspberry	Lemon