Victoria Sponge Recipe

The Victoria Sponge, also called Victoria Sandwich, is a traditional British layer cake and it can be eaten at tea time or any occasion! And even better, this classic Victoria Sponge recipe is very easy to make!

Since we watched The Great British Bake Off (on a British Airways flight on our way to Scandinavia), all I could think of was that I needed to make a Victoria Sandwich. Soon! When we came back from our trip I started looking for Victoria Sponge recipes. I looked at many, specially from BBC Food website and the recipe I'm sharing with you today is a combination of many.

For dusting:

• confectioners' sugar

How to make it

• Preheat oven to 350F (180C) and grease a 8in (20cm) round cake pan. (I use oil spray and parchment paper on the bottom of the pan)
• In a bowl cream butter and sugar together until the mixture is pale and light, add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl from time to time, add vanilla extract and mix to combine.
• Place flour and baking powder into the bowl and fold in until the mixture is smooth.
• Pour bater in the baking pan and bake for around 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of sponge comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and set aside to cool and later remove from cake pan and let it cool a little more.
• Meanwhile beat heavy cream and sugar until you get a whipped cream consistency.
• Cut cake into 2 layers, place one layer on a serving plate, spread jam, then cream. Place the other cake layer on top and dust with confectioners' sugar.

If you wanna make your own strawberry jam, check a delicious and easy recipe here.

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Victoria Sponge

The Victoria Sponge, also called Victoria Sandwich, is a traditional British layer cake and it can be eaten at tea time or any occasion! And even better, this classic Victoria Sponge recipe is very easy to make!

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Ingredients

For sponge

• 6 oz unsalted butter at room temperature
• 6 oz sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 oz all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

For filling

• 1/2 cup strawberry jam
• 1/2 cup heavy cream + 1 tbsp sugar

For dusting

• confectioners' sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
• Grease a 8in (20cm) round cake pan. (I use oil spray and parchment paper on the bottom of the pan)
• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar together until the mixture is pale and light. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl from time to time. Add vanilla extract and mix to combine.
• Place flour and baking powder into the bowl and fold in until the mixture is smooth.
• Pour bater in the baking pan and bake for around 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of sponge comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
• Remove from cake pan and let it cool a little more.
• Meanwhile beat heavy cream and sugar until you get a whipped cream consistency.
• Cut cake into 2 layers.
• Place one layer on a serving plate. Spread jam, then cream. Place the other cake layer on top. Dust with confectioners' sugar.