I haven't got much to say of this cake apart from does not it simply possess the lovliest name? I am speaking totally fairly here - Victoria is the greatest name on the planet. Innit?
If I am being honest, Irrrve never buy Victoria Sponge cakes or get them organized in coffee houses but once in a while, I'll have a very good one which jogs my memory why this really is this type of classic cake. The flavours are pretty straight forward however when succeeded, would be the perfect accompaniment to many hot drinks, ideal for tea time or y'know, breakfast.
And who much better than Nigella Lawson to go to to find the best recipes? This really is from her book "How to become a domestic goddess.
For that cake
225g unsalted butter, very soft
225g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
4 large eggs
200g self-raising flour
25g cornflour (note you should use 225g self-raising flour rather - Nigella believes adding corn-flour creates a "lighter, more tender sponge".
1 teaspoon baking powder (if using processor method)
3-4 tablespoons milk
For that filling
2-4 tablespoons raspberry or any other jam, with respect to the berries
1 punnet raspberries or berries of preference
For that topping
1-two tablespoons caster sugar (I favor to make use of icing sugar)
2 x 21cm sandwich tins (about 5cm deep), buttered
- Preheat the oven to 180C / gas mark 4. When the tins loosing-bottomed, you don't have to line them, otherwise do.
- To create this fundamental sponge cake within the mixer. invest the components except the milk within the mixer and process till there is a smooth batter. Then pulse, flowing the milk progressively with the funnel till your cake mixture's a gentle, drooping consistency.
- To really make it the standard way (that is things i did): Cream the butter and sugar, add some vanilla and also the eggs, individually, adding a spoonful of flour in between each. Fold in all of those other flour and also the cornflour, adding no baking powder, so when all incorporated, give a little milk since you need.
- Pour and scrape the batter in to the tins and bake for around 25 minutes, before the cakes are starting in the future away in the edges, are springy to touch on the top along with a cake tester arrives clean. Leave the cakes within their tins on the wire rack for ten minutes before turning out and departing to awesome completely.
- When you are prepared to consume the cake, put one layer on the plate, right-in place, spread with jam and scatter fruit on the top. Whip the cream till it's thickened but nonetheless soft and spread within the jammy fruit. Sit another cake on the top, and sprinkle on the tablespoon approximately of caster sugar. Or sieve on the tablespoon approximately of icing sugar that is my own preference.