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Fruit cake with the first slice cut
Fruit cake
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Victoria sponge cake on a plate with a slice cut out
Classic Victoria sandwich recipe
A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.1207 ratings

The perfect party cake, a Victoria sponge is a traditional bake everyone will love. Makes an easy wedding cake, too

  • 500g summer fruits
    (we used mixed berries)
  • 500g jam
    sugar

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal70
  • fat0g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs19g
  • sugars19g
  • fibre0g
  • protein0g
  • salt0g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Briefly blend the fruit and place in a large microwave-proof bowl with the sugar. Microwave on High for 3 mins, then stir well. Microwave for a further 3 mins on High, stirring after. Finish with a further 2 mins, then pour into warm sterilised jars. Once bottled and cool the jam is ready to eat. Will keep in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months. Keep in the fridge once opened.

RECIPE TIPS
OUR DOWNLOADABLE LABELS

Download our printable preserves labels – perfect for writing cook’s notes and gift messages. You can find them here.

RECYCLING YOUR OLD JARS

Recycle old glass jars – simply

wash, dry well and place in

a medium oven for 5 mins

before bottling your jam.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.16 ratings

balmerjobo

question

Trying to find a recipe for jam cooked in a slow cooker - any suggestions?

bexm

This worked really well! I thought I’d give it a try as I don’t have a preserving pan. I used blackberries, raspberries and strawberries, and did the cold plate test at the end of the time specified on the recipe, and it seemed like it needed a bit longer, so I did one more minute at the end (with…

yoyo-na

I am fairly disgusted as this is only for a microwave . . . I guess i'll have to look elsewhere!!!

Personwastaken

Bro doesnt have a microwave 💀

tyejersey

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Excellent recipe. I defrosted a 350 gram bag of frozen raspberries and added an equal amount of caster sugar. I forgot to blend the fruit first so just mashed it all manually for a minute. At the end of the second microwaving it didn’t look thickened, so I added a squirt of lemon juice. After…

Lovemyhouse

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I made this today using PYO strawberries. I'd turned my AGA cooker off because of the hot weather but using the microwave was even easier as the 8 minutes gave the perfect setting point and it turned out delicious. The only trouble was that I had to do it in 4 batches as I'd picked so much fruit but…

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