It was Luke's birthday this week so I decide to go back to basics and make him a Victoria Sponge. This is literally the easiest, most fool-proof recipe ever - If I can do it then you can!
Ingredients
For the main cake:
4 Eggs
Self Raising Flour
Sugar
Butter/Margarine
For the middle:
Icing Sugar
Butter/Margarine
Jam (I used raspberry)
For the top:
Icing Sugar
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Weigh the 4 eggs and note down their weight then crack them into the bowl
Weigh out the same weight of the eggs in flour, sugar and butter
Mix together in a large bowl, preferably with an electric mixer unless you're looking for a good arm workout
Grease and line a tin
Pour in the mixture and put in the oven
Bake until cooked through. Check the middle is cooked by putting a utensil into the middle and if no mixture comes out, it's done! Timing ranges depending on the size of the tin and the oven but I baked this for just over an hour
If the top starts to burn but it isn't cooked through, loosely put tin foil over the top
Leave to cool
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When the cake is cooled and removed from the tin, cut it in two to put the filling in - this is the hardest part!
Mix up 4oz of icing sugar and 2oz of butter to create the butter cream. Add a splash of milk if you want a more runny consistency
Add the butter cream to one side of the sponge, and the jam to the other side
Put the two sides together and it's all done!
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For the top, sprinkle some icing sugar on the top
I cut out HAPPY BIRTHDAY letters on paper, sprinkled the icing sugar then removed the letters to leave a lovely message on the top!
A few tips:
Obviously don't forget it's in the oven like I did...
To keep the cake really moist, substitute 2oz of flour with ground almonds. With the cake being more moist, it'll last longer without drying out too!
Love Lauren xx
Wow the little trick with the letters makes it look so special - thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove this so much! I'm making my Nanny a cake at the weekend for her birthday, totally going to steal this idea!!
ReplyDeleteFrancesca xo | www.effstarbeauty.blogspot.com
I love the icing sugar stencil. It looks so rustic and gorgeous :) x
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I've never tried this! It seems super easy as you say....I love to bake but haven't been doing it much lately, the usual excuses. Maybe I'll start with this. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeauty Isles | An Island Girl's Beauty and Lifestyle Blog
The basics are always the best! Never thought of just using paper to make a stencil though!! So clever!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Danielle xo
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