Victoria Sponge

Yesssss! There they were, beaming in my direction at the fruit stall; shiny, firm, red Dutch strawberries. I slid a fat container full of them into a brown paper bag and on my way home I contemplated what to make with them. My mind was a whirlwind and whispering all sorts of outrageous ideas into my ears, but I settled on a good old Victoria sponge cake anyway. The English know best what to do with strawberries and cream. And no, this isn’t the most original recipe from my repertoire; but o