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Classic Victoria Sponge

How to Cook Recipes Classic Victoria Sponge using 9 ingredients and 6 steps

Classic Victoria Sponge - Find more cake recipes at BBC Good Food. The perfect party cake, a Victoria sponge is a traditional bake everyone will love. The Victoria Sponge was named after Queen Victoria, as reputedly it was her favorite cake. Anna, the Duchess of Bedford, who has been given credit for introducing the charming art of the afternoon tea was a lady in waiting to the queen who quickly adopted the custom of serving sponge cakes as part of the tea. A quintessential British bake, it features layers of light sponge sandwiched together by velvety cream and juicy strawberries.

Classic Victoria Sponge

Mary's Victoria Sandwich Recipe courtesy of The Great British Baking Show For the final technical challenge Mary Berry asked the bakers to make this simple sponge with homemade jam and.

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You can have Classic Victoria Sponge using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients cook Classic Victoria Sponge

  1. It's 225 g soft butter/soft margerine.
  2. It's 225 g Caster Sugar.
  3. It's 225 g Self raising flour.
  4. Prepare 4 Eggs.
  5. It's 2 teaspoons baking powder.
  6. It's for the filling.
  7. Prepare Gert dollops of whatever jam you fancy!.
  8. You need 140 g soft butter.
  9. It's 225 g Icing sugar.

Classic Victoria Sponge step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease 2 x 8" sandwich tins.
  2. Put ALL the cake ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix till smooth (either by hand or with a mixer!). Then divide the cake batter evenly between the tins..
  3. Put in the oven and bake for about 25 mins until risen. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool..
  4. Whilst the cakes are cooking/cooling, mix the Icing sugar and butter together until smooth..
  5. When the cakes are cool, spread a good dollop of your chosen jam over one half of the cake. Then spread the buttercream on the other half (saving half for the top if you prefer).
  6. "Sandwich" the two cakes together and there it is, in all its scrumminess 😊❤️.

Classic Victoria Sponge - Victoria Sponge Cakes are very popular in Great Britain. It's often made for parties, gatherings, tea parties and celebrations. The Victoria Sponge is up there with CLOTTED CREAM and SCONES in the lexicon of the perfect afternoon tea. Had a load of teenagers in the house all afternoon due to rubbish weather. Somehow - it tastes even better than it looks! (And we can all agree it looks pretty darn gorgeous). The sponge is fluffy, the buttercream is sweet and smooth, we can guarantee it's going to be your new favourite cake! Perfect with a cup of tea (Henry would disagree because he's a very strange man who doesn't. Thank you and good luck