Victoria Sponge Cake

Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Joey matthew
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 5
The glamorous fruit, strawberry takes over the plain and simple vanilla sponge cake. Have this tea treat with a cup of steaming clear tea and savor every bite.

Ingredients

• 225 grams sugar
• 225 grams butter
• 4 large eggs
• 225 grams flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 250 grams strawberry jam
• 150 ml cream
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 250 grams strawberries

Instructions

1. Process for Sponge:
2. In a mixer put sugar, butter along with eggs and mix.
3. Add flour, baking powder, little bit of vanilla beans along with milk to the above mixture and mix again.
4. Transfer the mixture In 2 different buttered and floured trays.
5. Flat it out nice and evenly.
6. Bake in an oven set at 180degress for about 20-25 minutes.
7. Process for the Filling:
8. In a pot put strawberry jam with some warm water.
9. Put it on heat until the jam and water form a liquid paste. Then add the lemon juice.
10. In another pot put cream, sugar and whisk until soft peaks are formed. Add cream and whisk again.
11. Once the jam mixture comes to a boil add strawberries and mix.
12. Preparation:
13. On the baked sponge spread some cream as the first layer and then spread the strawberry mix as the next layer.
14. Then add the strawberry pieces and then place the other sponge cake on top of it.
15. Finally dust some icing sugar.

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