Queen Victoria sponge cake. The Victoria Sponge was named after Queen Victoria, as reputedly it was her favorite cake. Anna, the Duchess of Bedford, who has been given credit for introducing the charming art of the afternoon tea was a lady in waiting to the queen who quickly adopted the custom of serving sponge cakes as part. Mary Berry's easy Victoria sponge cake recipe is a baking classic and a tasty tea-time treat.
I came across a very easy recipe with simple ingredients in Jamie Oliver site called Victoria Sponge. Victoria Sponge Cake is a two-layer sponge-like airy cake that is filled with a layer of jam and whipped cream. It is cut into small "sandwiches" and served in a similar manner. You can have Queen Victoria sponge cake using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Queen Victoria sponge cake
- It’s 150 gms of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 150 gms of margarine or butter.
- Prepare 100 gms of sugar.
- You need 2 of eggs.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of lemon rids grated.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Baking powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.
This simple cake was one of the queen's favorites. Victoria sponge cake is one of those traditional bakes that everyone's going to love. Fluffy vanilla cake filled with diplomat cream and fresh strawberries! On the nerdie side, did you know that Queen Victoria was the longest ruling monarch of United Kingdom until a couple of years ago when Queen.
Queen Victoria sponge cake step by step
- Beat sugar and margarine until Fluffy, add in the the essence and continue mixing..
- Add in the eggs one at a time. Add the lemon rids and mix well..
- Fold in the flour and don't over mix, use tin size 6..
- Bake in preheated at 180 c. Bake for 20 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean..
- Chill the whipping cream puratos or pristine for 6*hours..
- Measure 200 ml cream, and put in a glass bowl or stainless steel bowl, use a hard whisk or electric one and beat until stiff, level the cake, slice into two parts and place upside-down on a plate or cake board. Apply the cream to you desired design..
- You can color the whipping cream with edible color of choice, put the cream in the piping bag with a nozzle and do desired decorations.
Before the Victoria sponge, British sponge cakes were leavened only by eggs hand-whisked with sugar until foamy and thick. The Victoria sponge is flavorful enough that it can be enjoyed comparatively unadorned. Queen Victoria's cakes, and even those of my childhood, would have. An extremely delicate cake «Queen Victoria» is a dessert, which wonderfully combines simplicity and elegance. Gently cover it with the second sponge cake, which is also lubricated with jam firstly, then with cream.
