Name: Recipe: Appetizing Classic Victoria Sponge Cake
Prep time: 19 min
Cook time: 31 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the sponge; 200 g Caster Sugar; 200 g Softened butter; 4 eggs, beaten; 200 g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp milk; For the filling; 100 g butter, softened; 120 g icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 340 g strawberry or raspberry jam

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. (PP) Contains product placement.

You can have Classic Victoria Sponge Cake using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

It’s of For the sponge.
Prepare 200 g of Caster Sugar.
Prepare 200 g of Softened butter.
Prepare 4 of eggs, beaten.
Prepare 200 g of self-raising flour.
You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
Prepare 2 tbsp of milk.
It’s of For the filling.
It’s 100 g of butter, softened.
You need 120 g of icing sugar.
You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
It’s 340 g of 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.

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake instructions

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.