Victoria Sponge
also called Victoria sandwich · Victoria sandwich cake
- Bakery
- serves 8
- about 1 hr 30 min
- Cakes & Loaves
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The table
| Grease two 8-in round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment | |||||
| Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) | |||||
| 1 cup(225 g; softened)unsalted butter | beat until pale | beat | fold | bake at 350°F for 25 min then cool completely | sandwich |
| 1 cup(225 g)caster sugar | |||||
| 4 largeeggs | |||||
| 1 tsp(5 mL)vanilla extract | |||||
| 1 3/4 cups(225 g)self-raising flour | |||||
| 2 Tbs(30 mL)whole milk | |||||
| 2/3 cup(160 mL)heavy cream | whip to soft peaks | ||||
| 1 Tbs(8 g)powdered sugar | |||||
| 1/2 cup(150 g)raspberry jam | |||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.13 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
3beat until pale
4beat
goes in with what step 3 made
5fold
goes in with what step 4 made
7whip to soft peaks
8sandwich
goes in with what steps 6 and 7 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 25 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- none givenof the steps that give a time
5 of the 6 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. The recipe itself says 1 hr 30 min.
beat until pale
not timedfrom the start
whip to soft peaks
not timedfrom the start
beat
not timedfrom the start
fold
not timedfrom the start
bake at 350°F for 25 min then cool completely
25 minwalk away(read off the step)from the start
sandwich
not timed25 min in
- you can walk away
- never timed
The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
You'll need 8-in round cake pans · oven
See how it is written
>> title: Victoria Sponge
>> category: Cakes & Loaves
>> tags: jam, cream, british, oven
>> counters: Bakery
>> aka: Victoria sandwich, Victoria sandwich cake
>> servings: 8
>> time: 1 hr 30 min
Grease two #8-in round cake pans{} and line the bottoms with parchment.
Preheat the #oven{} to 350°F (180°C).
Beat @unsalted butter{1%cup}(225 g; softened), @caster sugar{1%cup}(225 g) until pale.
Beat @eggs{4%large}, @vanilla extract{1%tsp}(5 mL) into @&(~1)creamed butter{}.
Fold @self-raising flour{1 3/4%cup}(225 g), @whole milk{2%Tbs}(30 mL) into @&(~1)batter{}.
Bake @&(~1)batter{} at 350°F for ~{25%min}, then cool completely.
Whip @heavy cream{2/3%cup}(160 mL), @powdered sugar{1%Tbs}(8 g) to soft peaks.
Sandwich @&(6)cooled cakes{} with @&(~1)whipped cream{}, @raspberry jam{1/2%cup}(150 g).