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Victoria Sponge Cake

Prep20 minCook25 minTotal45 minDifficultyEasy
Victoria Sponge Cake

Ingredients

10 servings

Contains: Gluten, Milk, Egg

Allergen info is best-effort — please verify yourself.

Nutrition

Per serving

Calories
459.8
total 4598.4
Protein
5.9 g
total 59.2 g
Carbs
43.7 g
total 436.8 g
Fat
29.6 g
total 296.1 g

Estimated · based on 10 of 10 ingredients

Two golden butter sponges sandwiched with whipped cream and crushed strawberries and finished with a snowfall of icing sugar. The quintessential British teatime cake.

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Method

  1. 1
    • butter230 g
    • white sugar230 g
    • heavy cream2½ dl

    Cream the butter and sugar — Heat the oven to 180C and line two sandwich tins. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.

  2. 2
    • egg4
    • wheat flour230 g
    • baking powder2 tsp
    • vanilla extract1 tsp
    • salt1 pinch

    Beat in eggs and flour — Beat in the eggs one at a time with a spoonful of the flour, then fold in the remaining flour, baking powder, vanilla, and salt.

  3. 3

    Bake and cool the sponges — Divide between the tins and bake for about 25 minutes until golden and springy. Cool completely on a rack.

  4. 4
    • strawberry150 g
    • heavy cream2½ dl
    • powdered sugar2 tbsp

    Fill and assemble the cake — Whip the cream to soft peaks. Spread the crushed strawberries over one sponge, top with cream, sandwich the second sponge on, and dust with icing sugar.

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