Traditional British Victorian Sandwich Sponge Cake
"Make a Victorian Sandwich Sponge cake, the original British way (very few ingredients needed)."
photo by Heather Sullivan
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 150 g self-raising flour
- 3 eggs
- 150 g margarine
- 150 g caster sugar
directions
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 4, 180°C, 350°F then mix the sugar and margarine together until creamy.
- Beat the eggs then add one at a time, stirring until it is runny.
- At this point you could add flavour if you wanted.
- Sieve the flour into the bowl, then mix altogether until all the flour is gone.
- Grease the tins with margarine and then divide equally between two tins, and bake for 25 minutes.
- Take them out and put on a cooling tray for 10 minutes.
- Cut out both sides, and put them together like a sandwich.
- Oh, and be sure to add jam or something delicious between the two cake halves.
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Reviews
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I just loved it! I was looking for a simple and classic recipe and this one is perfect! My cakes normally go very wrong, but with this recipe I finally could make it right! At last, success! And I could even improvise. Because I didnt have much margarine I added very little milk to the marg+suger mix and got the creamy body. Now I can say I know how to make a good cake. Thank you!! -
I substituted softened, unsalted butter for the margarine which turned out lovely. I also added in a little bit of vanilla extract after the beating the eggs step and used seedless raspberry jam to sandwich the cakes together. I baked them in 20cm(8inch) round cake pans that were greased and lined with a circle of parchment paper. They were so thin that they only needed 15 minutes in my fan oven. The key to this cake is to not overcook it - I've overcooked victoria sponge cakes far too many times! You can use a combinaton of jam and whipped cream or jam and buttercream icing as a filling too. -
Gas Mark 4 is 180 centigrade, 350 farenheight -
I Love traditional British food, and this Victoria sponge recipe is soooo yummmy, yet simple!
Tweaks
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I substituted softened, unsalted butter for the margarine which turned out lovely. I also added in a little bit of vanilla extract after the beating the eggs step and used seedless raspberry jam to sandwich the cakes together. I baked them in 20cm(8inch) round cake pans that were greased and lined with a circle of parchment paper. They were so thin that they only needed 15 minutes in my fan oven. The key to this cake is to not overcook it - I've overcooked victoria sponge cakes far too many times! You can use a combinaton of jam and whipped cream or jam and buttercream icing as a filling too.
