🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Cuisine

Victoria Sponge

Victoria Sponge Cake

Prep Time 45 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy
Calories 418 kcal

Two golden butter sponge layers sandwiched with strawberry jam and whipped cream, dusted with icing sugar — the queen of English cakes.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 5 min.
  2. 2 Beat in eggs one at a time, adding a spoonful of flour with each to prevent curdling.
  3. 3 Fold in remaining flour and vanilla gently.
  4. 4 Divide between two greased and lined 20cm tins. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 20-25 min until golden and springy.
  5. 5 Cool in tins 5 min, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  6. 6 Spread jam on one layer, top with whipped cream, place the second layer on top. Dust generously with icing sugar.

Did You Know?

Queen Victoria loved this cake so much at her tea parties that it was named after her — it was one of the first cakes to use baking powder.