Victoria Sponge Cake

Victoria Sponge Cake

Ingredients:-

• Powdered sugar – 170 gms
• Butter or margarine – 170 gms
• Self –raising flour – 170 gms or plain flour with 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• Eggs – 3
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
• Milk – ½ cup

Method:-

1. Sieve the flour.
2. Take out the butter from the refrigerator 1 hour in advance
3. Cream the butter and sugar very well.
4. When the mixture is light and creamy, add the eggs, one at a time, beating each time thoroughly.
5. If the mixture curdles while adding the eggs, add a little flour before adding the next egg.
6. Finally, fold in the flour and add milk until the mixture forms a dropping consistency.
7. Add the vanilla essence.
8. Grease and dust two 175 mm diameter sandwich tins.
9. Pour half the mixture into each of the two prepared tins.
10. Bake in a hot oven at 400° F for 20 minutes.
11. Tips & Variations:-
12. Orange Sandwich: Add finely grated rind of 2 oranges when creaming the margarine and sugar. Fill with orange butter icing and top with orange glace icing.
13. Chocolate Sandwich: Instead of 170 gms of self raising flour, use 140 gms of the flour and 30 gms of cocoa. Fill with chocolate butter icing and top with chocolate glace icing.