Victoria Sponge Cake Recipe with Strawberry Jam & Video

Few can resist a Victoria sandwich filled with buttercream and strawberry jam and topped with fresh strawberries, or other berries such as raspberries and blueberries.

Victoria Sponge Cake Recipe Video presented by Tara de la Motte

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A cake rich in history

The Royal Connection

We have Queen Victoria to thank for the popularity of this wonderful cake. She loved tea parties, insisted that everyone dressed formally for the occasion, and this simple cake was her absolute favourite.

Queen Victoria embraced the new craze for tea parties, and by 1855 this simple cake was one of her favourites. After the death of her husband, Prince Albert, in 1861, she spent time in retreat at Osborne House, her residence on the Isle of Wight, and according to historians it was here that the cakes were named after her.

Tara's Recipe for Victoria Sponge

Ingredients

Tara's Victoria Sponge Ingredients:

• 6oz Butter
• 6oz of Caster Sugar
• 6oz Self-Raising Flour
• 3 Eggs
• 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
• Vanilla Essence
• Pink Food Colouring (Optional)
• Fresh Strawberries
• Buttercream Filling
• 4 tbsp of Strawberry Jam
• For the Buttercream
• 6oz Butter
• 3 oz Icing Sugar

Method

• Preheat oven to 160°C fan / gas 4
• Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs and beat well
• Mix baking powder with flour, add to creamed mixture and beat
• Put into two 7-inch greased and base-lined sandwich tins
• Place in the middle part of a preheated oven for about 25 mins until golden brown
• Beat butter and icing sugar till creamy
• Assemble cakes together with jam and cream filling
• Place berries of your choice on top & dust with icing sugar

This is one of our most popular cakes, and nothing is more delectable than a slice of beautifully baked Victoria Sponge.

Victoria Sponge Cake Recipe Video presented by Tara de la Motte