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How To Make Victoria Sponge

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How To Make Victoria Sponge
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This classic victoria sponge recipe is easy to make. Enjoy our victoria sponge cake recipe with jam and cream filling. Enlarge This classic victoria sponge recipe is easy to make. Enjoy our victoria sponge cake recipe with jam and cream filling.

Step : You will need:

  • 200 g butter
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 4 medium eggs
  • 200 g self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp milk

Step 1: Preheat oven

Heat your oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Grease and line two 20cm sandwich tins.

Step 2: Mixture

Cream 200g butter and 200g caster sugar together until they're light and fluffy. Add 4 beaten eggs little by little. If the mixture curdles just add a table spoon of flour and continue stirring. Sift in 200g self-raising flour and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder and gently fold in until the mixture drops off the spoon. If you need to thin it out at all, add a little milk and keep stirring.

Step 3: Bake

Divide the mixture between the two tins and level out with a spoon or spatula. Bake for 35-40 mins until the cakes are pale golden and springy to the touch.

Step 4: Cool and finish

Turn the cakes out of their tins, remove the paper and leave to cool on a wire rack. Sandwich the two halves together with jam, cream and strawberry slices. Dust the top of the cake with a little icing sugar.
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  1. 40bca08b-0ca1-4505-d5f4-ff0008ce7dc2-figfigfig

    Cake was far too greasy and fell apart. i knew when i saw the recipe that it wouldnt work, but my mum needed to make a cake for work so she followed it, it turned awful and she had to start again with a different recipe. you should try concentrate on making your recipes good and useable rather than just making hundredss of videos.

  2. Sammybear1

    I made this cake this evening it tasted fab so much nicer than the shop bought ones , thank u video jug xx

  3. Rinoa22

    Hi there, I wonder if you might be able to confirm please; I need to make a bigger victoria sponge cake as a base for a birthday cake to feed about 15 people, can you tell me if i would just double the receipe to do this as I am unsure and really don't want to mess it up because I'm baking a cake for my partners birthday this sat?!:S Thanks in advance and I really appreciate any help!

  4. Phink

    can i bake the cake one tin at one time?

  5. March83

    Hi September25 - I believe you have to use baking powder with plain flour. WIth self raising flour you do not necessarily need to use baking powder - I don't. You don't have to use an electric whisk, you can use a wooden spoon, but use a metal spoon when 'folding' in the flour. I would imagine it would depend on the quality of the flour and how much you want your cakr to raise as sifting allows air into the cake. I don't sift my flour when baking. Just a case of practice and you'll get it how you like it.

  6. september25

    the woman doesnt sift the flour she just pours it in. can i do this 2?

  7. september25

    can i mix the butter and sugar with a spoon instead of the electric thing? i dont hav 1 of those

  8. september25

    can i use plain flour and is the baking powder a must

  9. hungryrecycler

    started baking cakes again done three so far from sat now weds none left kids love them

  10. Jeubabe

    made this last nite :D it was gr8 fluffy an nice :) i added a bit of strawberry syrup to give it sum flavor, sum cinnamon powder, orange rind an kola essence!! mmmm taste sooo gd...but i gotta double the recipe cause my pan was kinda big :D gonna make more today!!!