Classic Victoria Sponge Cake
Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

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The classic Victoria sponge cake is always a winner. Follow this recipe to discover, it's not just Mary Berry who knows how to make this classic cake. This delicate sponge cake filled with jam and cream is the stuff of village fetes and the National Federation of Women's Institutes (WI), and fierce. (PP) Contains product placement. The warmer months are on the way so it's time to dust off all those sweet, summery recipes!

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have classic victoria sponge cake using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Victoria Sponge Cake:
  1. Prepare For the Cake
  2. Prepare 4 large Eggs
  3. Prepare 250 grams Soft Butter (can be salted or unsalted)
  4. Take 250 grams Self Raising Flour
  5. Prepare 250 grams Caster Sugar
  6. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
  7. Take 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  8. Take 2 tbsp Milk
  9. Prepare For the filling
  10. Make ready 100 grams Soft Butter (can be salted or unsalted)
  11. Get 140 grams Icing Sugar
  12. Take 1 tsp Vanilla Essense
  13. Take Strawberry/Raspberry Jam

This Victoria sponge is a British classic and delicious afternoon teatime treat, combining strawberries and cream. Divide the mixture evenly between the tins and level with a knife. Before the Victoria sponge, British sponge cakes were leavened only by eggs hand-whisked with sugar until foamy and thick. From afternoon tea to an exuberant birthday cake to the classic Vicky sponge, baking cake is a national pastime.

Steps to make Classic Victoria Sponge Cake:
  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!

Before the Victoria sponge, British sponge cakes were leavened only by eggs hand-whisked with sugar until foamy and thick. From afternoon tea to an exuberant birthday cake to the classic Vicky sponge, baking cake is a national pastime. We teamed up with ex-pat Paola Thomas to bring you five. Jamie Oliver's gorgeous classic Victoria sponge recipe with jam is a real showstopper. Divide the cake mix between the prepared tins.

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