No image available
Member recipe

Easy Victoria Sponge

Member recipe by

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
(0 ratings)

Member recipe by

Cooking time

Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 20 minutes

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Serves 12

This quick and easy cake recipe is bound to be a winner every time; everybody loves this classic, and now it's easier than ever!

This recipe has been submitted by the Good Food community. Sign in or create a My Good Food account to upload your own recipe creations. Please note that all recipes will be moderated but they are not tested in the Good Food kitchen.
Save to My Good Food
Please sign in or register to save recipes.
Print

Ingredients

  • 3 beaten eggs
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 150g butter, softened
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 3 drops vanilla extract

Decration & Filling

  • 1 jar jam
  • 80g whipped cream or butter cream
  • 10g Icing sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180c. Add the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat until light, pale and fluffy.

  2. Pour the beaten eggs in little by little, stirring in-between. TIP: If it begins to curdle, add a little flour.

  3. Add the vanilla extract and mix.

  4. Sift the flour and baking powder in and mix.

  5. Divide evenly between two greased 20cm cake tins.

  6. Bake for 20-30 minutes.

  7. Allow to cool and remove from tins.

  8. Sandwich both together with the cream/butter cream and jam in the middle.

  9. Dust with icing sugar.

  10. Ta da! Ready to eat!

BBC GoodFood Magazine

Comments, questions and tips

Sign in or create your My Good Food account to join the discussion.
Be the first to comment...We'd love to hear how you got on with this recipe. Did you like it? Would you recommend others give it a try?
Be the first to ask a question about this recipe...Unsure about the cooking time or want to swap an ingredient? Ask us your questions and we’ll try and help you as soon as possible. Or if you want to offer a solution to another user’s question, feel free to get involved...
Be the first to suggest a tip for this recipe...Got your own twist on this recipe? Or do you have suggestions for possible swaps and additions? We’d love to hear your ideas.