dessertBritish

Victoria Sponge

Name: Victoria Sponge
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 225 g butter; 225 g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 225 g self-raising flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 tbsp strawberry jam; 300 ml double cream; icing sugar

Two golden sponges sandwiched with jam and cream. The queen of British baking.

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Prep 15m · Cook 25mServes 8Easy

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Ingredients

Serves 8

225 g butter, softened
225 g caster sugar
4 eggs
225 g self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp strawberry jam
300 ml double cream, whipped
icing sugar, for dusting

Cook

Method

1
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time with a spoon of flour. Fold in remaining flour and vanilla.
10 min
2
Divide between two lined 20cm tins. Bake at 180°C for 22-25 minutes until golden and springy.
25 min
3
Cool completely. Spread one cake with jam and whipped cream. Sandwich together. Dust with icing sugar.
10 min

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