Victoria sponge cake

what size eggs are used?

lovely cake very easy to make

mixed all ingredients together, so much easier and turns out lovely

this was my first ever cake to make. it was so easy and so so yummy!!

This is by far the best recipe for a VICTORIA SPONGE CAKE.The
only comment i can make is it is far easier to mix all the
ingredients together with an electric mixer.

Hi.. who can help?? I need to make such a sponge .... but with a 10inch round cake tin!!.... any ideas as to the quantities I need please... thanks x

24cm = 6/5 of 20cm therefore the appropriate mass of flour, butter, sugar is 250g (252= 175*36/25) as it is the square of the diameter that is needed.
Also 4 eggs plus one yolk (36/35 * 3 eggs = 4.32 eggs)
I think that 500ml of cream is too much for this so keep that amount for the larger cake.
Bon appetit!

Hello Terry. To be honest, most Victoria sponge recipes call for 20 cm tins so it is a bit tricky to make a 24 cm one. You could try 225g each of sugar, butter and flour, and 4 eggs - that will obviously give you more batter, and would probably fill your tins.

please can you help,just brought all stuff for sponge cake,but my two cake tins are 24cm not 20cm as said in recipe,what do i do ,thanks tp.

trying to encourage my daughter (22) to do a bit of baking like my Mum used to. Just made this cake and it is easy and very tasty. I am a bloke who is nearly 50 who grew up on homebaking (as we did then). This might just of wet my appetite to try some more,

My search on the internet for the best ever receipe for a sponge cake brought this one up and I made it for my daughters birthday cake. It was everything a Victoria sponge cake should be. Try it, you wont be disappointed!

I have just used this recipe to bake my first ever cake . Tastes lovely ))))

i have made one of these into an uber girly birthday cake. i added a little vanilla essence and pink food colouring to the cake mixture and then decorated with pink incing, purple lettering and pink shimmer

I made two of these to use as a birthday cake for my son. I'd never made a sponge before and it was really easy and turned out beautifully. My friends were amazed at how nice my cake was. Well, how nice PAUL'S cake was! Would have posted a photo - but everything scoffed!

Haha! That made us laugh Richard...top tip, though. Thanks!

don't sprinkle with icing sugar if using as a birthday cake, it goes everywhere when you blow the candles out

would like to make this, what amounts would I need for a 12inch by 4 inch heart shaped tin.

i tryed your recipie and my cake came out beutifully also the good thing about it was a school prodgect i was cooking for so i got a 5c thanks. i gave you a 5 stare rating cos your recipie helped me out big time thanksxxx

Cant get the rating to work properly but I am giving it a five star rating. I originally made this cake the other week and beat the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon, but have just made it again but used an electric whisk for the beating, my goodness what a difference, it is indeed a featherlight cake, in fact its more than that its one of the best cakes I have ever tasted or ever made. So many thanks to P.Hollywood for the recipe. I am making two more cakes for this week end for a friends birthday surprise party!!! hope they turn out as good as the one I have just made!!!

I made this cake last week for some friends, it was lovely, very moist and quite light, but I wouldnt say that it was feather light, but it was a lovely sponge, I filled it with the jam and cream, then put fresh strawberries and blueberries inside and on top, lovely. I am making two for a friends birthday next week, hope its as good. I tried to put the stars up but they wouldnt go, I would rate it nearly a five *

i made this recipe with butter icing instead of cream (as im allergic) and pineapple jam (by hartleys) was Amazing! easy to make and quick ... very tasty outcome!

Just took my apple ones out and they look so good i recomend making with apples for apple fans !

I made this cake with apples through it and now im just waiting to see how it turns out ! its looking yummy !

This cake turned out lovely, nice and light yum yum.

i make this cake all the time using the same ingredients, comes out the oven perfect every time! taste's amazing.

it's so easy but delicious. first time i've ever baked & i baked in perfection.

This cake is rubbish!, it goes rock hard

very easy and delicious

absolutly great! it always rises if used right ingreidient and is much better than the other victoria sponge recipes on this site but this is very hard to find after you have gone off it so bookmark it or save it!

This is a very simple yet incredibly tasty recipe! All my friends and family love it every time I prepare it!

This site won't allow me to star rate it, but *****+!
I adore this cake recipe. It's surpasses any and all i've used before. My family adore it and I get requests to make it all the time. Beautiful.

great but try 100g cornflour and 75g flour...even lighter than air.

this cake is absolutly goergeos i put it down in the kitchen and went to my grandads for the weekend and when i got back it was totally empty i managed to sneak myself a slice before hand i really do suggest you make this!!

Made two, for a picnic with not fresh cream but butter icing and jam and strawberrys on the side with friends

good victoria sponge cake mix, very simple, but for an even lighter cake to go with jam & cream try this:2 eggs, 75g caster sugar & 75g self-raising flour. beat the eggs & sugar for 10 mins with an electric whisk, no less than 10 mins & it should triple in volume & turn almost white. then really gently fold in the flour being careful not to knock all the air out of the egg mixture.pour into cake tins 7ins wide not 8ins if poss.bake for 20-25 mins on 180c gas 4 & you will have a super light sponge that goes better with jam & cream than this classic victoria sponge. also, in the original recipe i found 7in tins were better size than 8in. goooooooooooood cakes!!!!!!!!!!!

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I've never had great success with sponge cakes, but this recipe was a winner! Light and fluffy sponge that actually rose for once(and that is with a dodgy door seal on the oven). I did use slightly smaller tins though. Will definately use this recipe again.

i used this recipe to make the sponge and then did my own filling and topping =)
the sponge was lovely! really easy recipe!

Wow what can I say, this cake is sooo good i have had to take the rest of the week off work!!!

I recommend it to people who hate cake!

This is the easiest of all cakes, never fails, if it does it is something you are doing, made a larger quantity yesterday with my grandchildren for a giant cupcake it turned out perfectly much to their delight. I cooked it on a lower heat for around an hour and opened the oven a lot to check if it was cooked and it didn't sink at all.

I made it for my bf and put little fluffy chicks and mini eggs on it for a nice easter cake. He loved it

yum yum!! and easy 2 cook

Second time I've made this. A really easy which tastes gorgeous. 5 stars. :D

If you use plain flour the cake will not rise. This is called all purpose flour in USA. Don't use it. Use only Self Raising flour. If You take the cake out of the oven too soon it will go down in the middle. If you add baking powder to self raising flour it will be uggghhh and not rise either. If you butter the tin too much the cake will be crispy on the outside and if you cook it too long or too hot it will be also. Don't open the oven too much, it will go down or not rise. The oven must be preheated for it to rise properly. Once I put a cake in the oven that must rise gently, I don't let anyone in the kitchen and walk softly so it does not disturb the cake. You can add vanilla essence with the beaten eggs. You can sift cocoa with the flour but take out as much flour as you add cocoa eg one teaspoon of each or it will be dry.

Just made the cake and it didnt rise at all!! Even tho i put baking powder in !!!

Dont Bother

Hmm Mixed Reviewwwsss. Im gonna try this recipe any way n see what happens. Then ill let you knowwww

Made this several times! very easy good results mixture makes excellent buns too stella c must be doing some thing wrong cheap ingredients,wrong temp,its fool proof

although i haven't used this website's recipe the size of the tins seem rather large and therefore the cake may not rise. For better results use smaller width tins, the mixture should come half way up and rise slightly above the tin.

this was absolutely rubbish it didnt even rise above 2 inches and i advise you not to bother even making it it was a waste of time and money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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just made this cake. The amount of ingredients the recipe says was not enough 2 fill the tins but add a tsp of baking powder to help it rise more.

Easiest and stil the best,this recipe is "tops" with me and my friends. Thanks.

To ErinK2590: that might be more to do with an ingredient you used or the method you employed than the recipe. Bear in mind that the recipe doesn't tell you to stir while adding the egg and keep stirring until the mixture is homogenous, but you'll need to.

I used this recipe for the first cake I ever baked earlier today. It was almost perfect. The only issue I can find is that 500ml cream is far too much; I barely used half.

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Not a very good sponge cake recipe. Aside from the fact that you need to at LEAST double the recipe to make both the 2 top and bottom pieces of a sponge cake, the finished result is not very spongey or light at all!

Give this recipe a pass. There's better out there.

will try it on saturday and give you the thums up of down

Wicked.........very nice and light sponge, great turn out. used melted chocolate and 100 and 1000s instead :-)

very boring

please add some pictures of the steps taken to make the cake
thanks x

Excellent! The atste is excellent, all my friends enjoyed this cake

thankss

Thiss Lookss Baree Niceee Mmmmmmm

the first cake I've ever done by myself!
I'm poud!
Naomi, 16

i love sponge cakes all my life

very nice, a lovley fluffly cake to enjoy wen jammin with ur matess xxxxx

nice

good recipie im making it in school well we have to mae our own so i picked this it looks like it would be a very nice desert i just love to cook and bake cakes

awesome i rate it 4

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This recipe is gorgeous, highly recomended for dinner parties.

i hope it works im useing it 4 my skewl fodtech class

Very good recipe, I would strongly recommend it to everyone who likes a good sponge cake.

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a good cake :D

I can not cook very well, but this did help. Thank you guys much love x

great recipy made 4. Tin size 250mmx200mm coocked for 35 mins on 180 just added a tea spoon of baking powder what a rise (brill)
should have 6 stars

i thought this was i really fantastic cake

juat waiting to eat it
!!!!!

love the recipe its soo simple

ooooooh quite nice

this cake recipe is the besat recipe methd i have used so far i do recamened it

I tried this at home and it was relly good

i'm 18 , am haven't baked a cake since yr 11 food technology lessons ( that was 2 years ago) . Found it really easy to make , apart from it took nearly a hour to cook but hasn't yet sunk in the middle , thnks for recipe

Making the cake at minute!!... gonna use Fudge yogurt instead of the cream and jam filling though.. hope it works!! :D

Made the cake looks great has not gone golden just hopes it tasts great

I made this today for first time. Did not have strawberry jam but used raspberry instead. Is delishamundo.

Just made this today, first time baking the whole family loved it...

i made this for my mum for mums day it was lovely but long to cook and then i made enother one 20 minutes ago checked it and was still runny and dark brown :C

Just made this cake from the recipe above for my mum for mothers day. Great recipe, we made ours in a heart shape, just hope it tastes nice! ours too has sunk slightly in the middle

just made this looked good in the oven, left in to cool and bingo, sunk in the middle,,,, why?????im sure my testing team wont worry tho, cream and strawberries hide all kind of faults xx

I made this cake, a few minutes ago .. It was all going well until the top part came out of the oven. I was devasted as it looked like a pie !! The rim was perfect however it sunk in the middle.. What did i do wrong ?

very light

this is the first victoria sponge cake i have made and it has turned out really good, so thank you so much for the recipe.

Hi when ever I make a victoria sponge the edge always goes crunchy, why is this??

I'm 35 and i never baked a cake until now - i don't have self raising flour but i was told i can add baking powder - how much should i add to this mixture??? (even though it was quite flat it was still moist and delicious!)

Im 12 and my gran does not eat alot of cakes and she said 2 me that it was nice and light on her belly so thanx for the recipe

I made this Cake and my whole family loved it. it was quick and easy and i am only 11 so i really enjoyed making the Cake.

i made this cake and everytime i made it the top of the cake went hard and chewy and suggestions xx :D

i love victoria sponge and i am the MASTER of them im only 11 but if someone tried my cake without knowing who did it they probably would have thought if was a proffesional! (my heads getting too big right!)

This cake is great guys. Although when I made it the first time the top of the cake fell off the bottom.

I'm 12 and i love to cook!!! This is a top notch recipe and victoria sponge cake is a great thing to make... Yum yum!!!

its not suitable but try making a normal sponge cake and decorate the top

I was wondering if anyone who has made this cake can tell me if it would be suitable for a birthday cake and how big was the end product so i know where to go for size etc, any help would be appreciated thanks

i must say i hadnt baked a cake in years and was a bit apprehensive as to how this was gonna turn out but hey you know what it was literally a piece of cake it rose beautifully ans tasted absolutley scrummy

first time making it and it was delisious but the sad part was it never rised at all still good to eat though hummmmmyyyyyyy

this was a piece of cake... hahaha

found when i tried to do one big cak ewith this mix it didnt rise at all, but i made the mix again and used in in individual cupcake holders and it rose well then, i am going to give the whole cake another go later, fingers crossed it will rise this time

This recipe worked excellent. That was the first time Ive ever used double cream and whipped it for thickness. My advice is to put it in the fridge after you made it so it sets then put it in the middle or the top half of the cake slides allover!

very disappointing out come, best to avoid, also left me flat ha

The cake was very good. Simple and easy to make. The cake was risen very well. i ADDED 2 TEASPOONS OF VANNILLA EXTRACT, it tasted delicious.

i made this for my youngest brothers birthday. i had never made a cake before

i tried making this sponge cake over and over and i just cant get the sponge to rise,it does cook and taste lovely but is flatter than a pancake ha ha ha........can you please please help me...its my boy friends favorite cake and i really want to impresse him

this cake is a very rich and light cake that gives it a really good taste and one of my fav recipies