Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, classic victoria sponge cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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.
Classic Victoria Sponge Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Classic Victoria Sponge Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic victoria sponge cake using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Victoria Sponge Cake:
- Get For the sponge
- Get 200 g Caster Sugar
- Get 200 g Softened butter
- Make ready 4 eggs, beaten
- Make ready 200 g self-raising flour
- Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 2 tbsp milk
- Make ready For the filling
- Take 100 g butter, softened
- Prepare 120 g icing sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 340 g strawberry or 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. 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.
Instructions to make Classic Victoria Sponge Cake:
- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with baking paper. In a large bowl, beat all the cake ingredients together until you have a smooth, soft batter.
- Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth the surface with a spatula or the back of a spoon then bake for about 20 mins until golden and the cake springs back when pressed. Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.
- To make the filling, beat the butter until smooth and cream, then gradually beat in icing sugar and then vanilla extract. Spread the buttercream over the bottom of one of the sponges, top it with the jam and sandwich the second sponge on top. Dust a little icing sugar on top before serving.
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. 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.
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