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Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

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Classic Victoria Sponge Cake - 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. Find more cake recipes at BBC Good Food. The perfect party cake, a Victoria sponge is a traditional bake everyone will love. Whether you're serving it for a special occasion or just to satisfy a craving, You can't go wrong with this perfect cake.

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

Before the Victoria sponge, British sponge cakes were leavened only by eggs hand-whisked with sugar until foamy and thick.

This is where it all begins: what I am aiming to do here is get you started on cake making.

You can have Classic Victoria Sponge Cake using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients cook Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

  1. You need For the Cake.
  2. Prepare 4 large Eggs.
  3. Prepare 250 grams Soft Butter (can be salted or unsalted).
  4. It's 250 grams Self Raising Flour.
  5. It's 250 grams Caster Sugar.
  6. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence.
  7. You need 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder.
  8. Prepare 2 tbsp Milk.
  9. It's For the filling.
  10. You need 100 grams Soft Butter (can be salted or unsalted).
  11. Prepare 140 grams Icing Sugar.
  12. It's 1 tsp Vanilla Essense.
  13. You need Strawberry/Raspberry Jam.

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (fan) and line two 7 inch cake tins.
  2. Add the softened butter into a large mixing bowl and with a hand mixer or a spoon, cream until light. Then add the caster sugar and cream them both together until they are fluffy..
  3. In a separate jug or bowl beat the eggs until they are fully mixed. Then in small amounts slowly add them to the butter and sugar keeping the mixer or spoon moving..
  4. Once the ingredients have been mixed together, sift in the flour, and mix it well into the other ingredients..
  5. Next add the vanilla, baking powder and milk. Mixing them in as well..
  6. Once you are sure the mix has been fully blended together and no lumps are present you can start to spoon the batter evenly into the cake tins..
  7. Put the tins on the top shelf of your oven and cook for 25-35 minutes.
  8. While they are cooking prepare the butter icing.
  9. Add the soft butter and icing sugar into a mixing bowl and mix by hand or with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Then add vanilla extract to taste and mix again..
  10. Once the cake has been taken out of the oven and cooled on a wire rack, you can start to spread the icing and jam over the sponges and sandwich them together..
  11. Dust the cake with a sprinkle of icing sugar and enjoy!.

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake - For all you cake lovers, this cake is a MUST! Victoria Sponge Cakes are very popular in Great Britain. It's often made for parties, gatherings, tea parties and celebrations. This recipe uses a basic Victoria Sponge ratio of. For the final technical challenge Mary Berry asked the bakers to make this simple sponge with homemade jam and buttercream - without a recipe. This Victoria sandwich recipe by Mary Barry is. Divide the mixture evenly between the tins and level with a knife. Thank you and good luck