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Victoria sponge cake

Paul Hollywood from Good Food Live
Feather light sponge and a fabulous filling mean Paul Hollywood's easy to make, classic cake is sure to become a favourite

Victoria sponge cake

Method

1. Set the oven to 180C/gas 4. Lightly butter two sandwich tins, each with a diameter of 20cm.

2. Cream together the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, and then slowly add the beaten egg.

3. Fold in the sifted flour and spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tins.

4. Bake for 20 minutes. Leave to cool and then remove from the tins.

5. Whip the cream until thick and use it to fill the sponge with the jam.

6. Dust liberally with icing sugar to serve.

Comments add a comment

Ace Cook | Posted 31-Aug-08

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!!!

groovychick1 | Posted 27-Aug-08

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

lancerchick82 | Posted 23-Aug-08

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