Best
Victoria Sponge Cake
Ingredients:
·
1 ⅓ cups self-rising
flour
·
¾ cup white
sugar
·
¾ cup margarine
·
½ teaspoon vanilla
extract
·
3 eggs
·
¾ cup confectioners’
sugar
·
¼ cup butter
·
½ teaspoon vanilla
extract
·
½ cup strawberry
or raspberry jam
Directions:
1.
Preheat the oven to
350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 7-inch cake pans and line with
parchment paper.
2.
Sift self-rising
flour into a bowl; add sugar, margarine, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Crack in eggs; beat with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer until pale and
fluffy, about 3 minutes. Divide batter between the cake pans; smooth the tops
with the back of a spoon.
3.
Bake in the
preheated oven until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the
center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes.
Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
4.
Sift confectioners’
sugar into a bowl; add butter and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat with an
electric mixer until frosting is light and fluffy.
5.
Spread jam over 1
cake layer; cover jam with frosting. Place second cake layer on top.