Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Classic Victoria sponge cake

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, classic victoria sponge cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Classic Victoria sponge cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Classic Victoria sponge cake is something which I have loved my entire life.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook classic victoria sponge cake using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Victoria sponge cake:

1. Take 8 oz caster sugar
2. Prepare 8 oz butter or stork
3. Get 8 oz self raising flour
4. Take 4 eggs
5. Take For the icing ontop
6. Get 175 g icing sugar
7. Make ready 75 g butter or stork

Mary Berry's easy Victoria sponge cake recipe is a baking classic and a tasty tea-time treat. This Victoria sponge is a British classic and delicious afternoon teatime treat, combining strawberries and cream. Cool the sponge cakes on a wire rack. Probably the most iconic British cake, a good Victoria sponge should be well-risen, moist, and as light as air.

Steps to make Classic Victoria sponge cake:

1. Cream (whisk) the butter and caster sugar together
2. Crack the eggs into a jug and whisk. Then slowly add the eggs to the mixture.
3. Next sieve the flour into the mixture. I buy pre sifted flour (see pic) just to make it quicker! And fold the flour in with a metal spoon. Fold it in using figure of 8 movements. You don’t want to knock the air out of the mixture.
4. Grease then flour two round baking tins (8 inch tins) and pre heat oven to 180c pour the mixture into the tins and put in oven for around 16-18 mins
5. Check that knife comes out clean. Put on wire rack to cool.
6. For the icing you can use around 175g icing sugar and slowly add water while mixing until you have enough to cover the cake. If you add too much water just add more icing sugar until the correct consistency then decorate. Spread jam in the middle of the cake.
7. If you want to make butter icing then mix 175g of icing sugar and 75g butter together. Spread onto cake then decorate. Normally I would make a round cake like above and in the middle I would put jam and buttercream and put buttercream on the top. For the cake below I made it in a rectangle tin to make a tray bake.

Cool the sponge cakes on a wire rack. 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. Jamie Oliver's gorgeous classic Victoria sponge recipe with jam is a real showstopper. Divide the cake mix between the prepared tins.

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