Victoria Sponge Cake

Named after Queen Victoria, this delicious sponge cake originally made in early 18th century is sponge cake served with cream and jam with steaming cup of tea in afternoons. Its soft, spongy and mouthwatering. This is also one of the most popular cake in England, you will find them in all the bakeries. The flavor of Victoria Sponge Cake is tempting and you will enjoy each bite of this

This was one of my earlier cakes I had made when I started baking so somehow I lost few pics, nevertheless it still remains as one of my favorite cake.

** Note: For Eggless Sponge cake recipe, please hold on, I will be uploading it shortly so yes you can prepare this Victoria sponge cake with the Eggless version too

Preparation time: 15 mins Baking time: 25 mins Total time: 40 mins

Servings: 6

Ingredients

11/4 cup + 2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
2 tbsp corn Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
160g soft unsalted butter
160g caster Sugar
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tbsp milk
1/4 cup powdered Sugar for dusting

Steps to prepare

Preheat oven to 180 deg cel, prepare cake tin by greasing it with butter and dusting with flour, shake off the excess flour. You can either use big cake pan or 2 small cake pans of equal size
Sieve flours, salt and baking powder in a bowl. keep it aside

Blend sugar and butter in a bowl until creamy , approx 7-8 mins

Add eggs, 1 at a time and blend well for 30 seconds, before adding next egg. Blend this mixture until pale and frothy

Add vanilla extract and milk , blend well

Slowly add dry ingredients. cut and fold until well combined

Pour batter into prepared cake tin. Tap and level evenly
Bake for 20-25 minutes until done
Allow to cool for 25 minutes in cake tin , demould the cake and cool completely on wire rack
In case you have prepared big cake, then slice cake in 2 equal halves. keep it aside