This week's blog is another baking blog! I had an afternoon tea party this weekend (for a future post) but the main feature was a forest fruit Victoria sponge cake, since you like my baking blogs so much I thought I'd show you how to make the wonderful cake.
Makes : 10 slices
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: About 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
For the cake:
200g caster sugar
200g softened butter
4 eggs, beaten
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp milk
For the filling:
100g butter, softened
140g icing sugar, sifted
Drop vanilla extract (optional)
Half a 340g jar good-quality strawberry jam
Icing sugar, to decorate
Fresh berries, to decorate
Method:
1. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with non-stick baking paper.
2. In a large bowl, beat all the cake ingredients together until you have a smooth, soft batter.
3. Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth the surface with a spatula or the back of a spoon, then bake for about 20 mins until golden and the cake springs back when pressed.
4. Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.
5. To make the filling, beat the butter until smooth and creamy, then gradually beat in the icing sugar. Beat in the vanilla extract if you're using it.
6. Spread the butter cream over the bottom of one of the sponges, top it with jam and sandwich the second sponge on top.
7. Dust with a little icing sugar before serving. If you like, add various berries on top of the cake to decorate.
8. Keep in an airtight container and eat within 2 days.
That's all for this weeks blog post! I hope you enjoyed! This bake was very simple but tasted incredible! I will see you next week for another blog post! Love you all!
Byyeee!!!!
Beautiful cake xxxx
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