Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, classic victoria sponge cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Classic Victoria Sponge Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Classic Victoria Sponge Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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.
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 it.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Victoria Sponge Cake:
- Make ready For the sponge
- Make ready 200 g Caster Sugar
- Prepare 200 g Softened butter
- Make ready 4 eggs, beaten
- Take 200 g self-raising flour
- Take 1 tsp baking powder
- Take 2 tbsp milk
- Prepare For the filling
- Take 100 g butter, softened
- Take 120 g icing sugar
- Take 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.
Steps 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. Classic Victoria sponge cake (Victoria sandwich) - the classic British tea time treat; simple yet elegant, it can't be beaten! This traditional cake is perfect for Birthdays, celebrations or Afternoon tea.
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