Victoria sponge cake

Name: Victoria sponge cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 200 g caster sugar; 200 g butter, softened, for cake; 4 eggs, beaten; 200 g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp milk; 100 g butter, softened, for filling; 140 g icing sugar; 1 drop vanilla extract (optional); 170 g strawberry jam; 0 icing sugar, for dusting

Two light sponge layers with strawberry jam and buttercream. Makes 10 slices.

200 g caster sugar
200 g butter, softened, for cake
4 eggs, beaten
200 g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp milk
100 g butter, softened, for filling
140 g icing sugar
1 drop vanilla extract (optional)
170 g strawberry jam
0 icing sugar, for dusting

Grease and line two 20cm sandwich tins. Heat oven to 190°C (170°C fan). Beat caster sugar, 200g butter, eggs, flour, baking powder and milk into a smooth batter.
Divide between tins. Bake for about 20 minutes, until springy and golden; cool completely on a rack.
Beat the remaining 100g butter with 140g icing sugar and optional vanilla. Spread over one sponge, add strawberry jam and place the other sponge on top. Dust with icing sugar.

Inspired by Barney Desmazery’s recipe for Good Food · Photo: Victoria Spongebob, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_Sponge_Cake.jpg)