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Victoria Sponge Cake

Victoria Sponge Cake

By Stork Recipes
This light and fluffy classic is a sure fire crowd pleaser! Quickly throw together for an effortlessly tasty treat to share with friends, or for a special occasion such as a birthday.
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Time and servings

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Ingredients

10 total
  • 85 g of stork with butter
  • 225 g of self raising flour, sieved
  • 225 g of stork original
  • 225 g of caster sugar
  • 4 medium of eggs
  • 1 tbsp of milk, add another tablespoon if required
  • 0.5 tsp of vanilla essence
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 3 tbsp of strawberry jam
  • 225 g of icing sugar, sieved

Method

7 steps
  1. Step 1

    Pre-heat your oven to 170˚C, 160˚C Fan, Gas 4.

  2. Step 2

    Put the Stork Original, caster sugar, eggs, self-raising flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon for 2 - 3 minutes until smooth and well combined.

  3. Step 3

    Divide your mixture between two greased and bottom-lined 20cm (8 inch) sandwich tins.

  4. Step 4

    Pop them in the middle of your pre-heated oven and bake for 30 - 35 minutes until beautifully golden.

  5. Step 5

    Turn them out, remove the paper and cool on a cake rack.

  6. Step 6

    Spread the jam over the middle, sandwich the two pieces together and dust the top with icing sugar or make a vanilla icing.

  7. Step 7

    For the vanilla icing, mix the icing sugar in a bowl with Stork with Butter, milk and vanilla essence until smooth and spread through the middle and over the top of your cake.