Name: Victoria Sponge
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tsp baking powder; 225 g (8 oz) butter, softened; 4 eggs; 200 ml (7 fl oz) Crème Chantilly; icing sugar, for dusting; 200 g (7 oz) good-quality strawberry jam; 225 g (8 oz) caster sugar; 225 g (8 oz) self-raising flour, sifted; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 dsp full-fat milk

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

World's Best Cakes

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

About

This buttery sponge cake was named after Great Britain’s Queen Victoria who is said to have enjoyed a slice with her afternoon cup of tea. By 1885, the Victoria Sponge (also known as the Victoria Sandwich) took centre stage at tea parties, including those hosted by the Queen herself. There are endless versions of this ubiquitous British sponge but I like the traditional take on this cakey sandwich with jam and cream.