How to Cook Delicious Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

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Classic Victoria Sponge Cake. The warmer months are on the way so it's time to dust off all those sweet, summery recipes! My take on the classic Victoria. 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.

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake Bake a classic Victoria sponge cake with this easy recipe, perfect for everyday baking and occasions. Find more cake recipes at BBC Good Food. The perfect party cake, a Victoria sponge is a traditional bake everyone will love. You can cook Classic Victoria Sponge Cake using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

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

Bake James Martin's classic Victoria sponge cake, best served with a proper cup of tea. Cover with the raspberries and place the other cake on top. 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.

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!.

Probably the most iconic British cake, a good Victoria sponge should be well-risen, moist, and as light as air. Serve dusted with sifted confectioners' sugar. 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.