Victoria Sandwich Cake (Recipe)
I was watching Gordon Ramsay's daughter, Matilda on AFC and she was baking a victoria sandwich cake for her British VS American desserts battle with her friends. So when she decided to bake a victoria cake with cream and strawberries that's when my mum and I decided to bake one too. Hahaha. This cake is simply just a sponge cake that has that pleasant butter+vanilla scent and it's really easy to make too.
(Fun fact: This cake was named after Queen Victoria ^~^)
(Some of the ingredients)
CAKE
Ingredients:
220g cake flour (as you can see from the picture above, I used the Roses Brand superfine flour)
30g cornflour
A pinch of salt
250g castor sugar
250g unsalted butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 eggs
Directions:
Before you start, preheat your oven to 160 degrees C.
1. Sift the first three ingredients and set aside.
2. Beat together butter, golden syrup and sugar until fluffy (on slow speed).
3. Add eggs one by one until incorporated.
4. Beat in vanilla extract (just for a few seconds).
5. Now fold in (USE A SPATULA!!) the sifted ingredients into the batter until the batter is smooth and well-combined.
6. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Okay, if you're baking one whole cake, the baking duration should be longer, maybe around 35-50 minutes, I'm not really sure so you need to check your cake every 20 minutes to see if it's ready. In this case I divided the batter into two so it would take shorter time to bake (hence less waiting time!!) hehehe.
WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup non-dairy whipping cream
4oz cream cheese
Directions:
1. Beat the cream until it's stiff and fluffy.
2. Beat in cream cheese. EASY, RIGHT?
Assembling the cake:
1. Spread strawberry jam (or raspberry or whatever jam that you like) on the first layer of your cake then spread the frosting over the jam. You can put sliced strawberries on top or you can skip it. It's really up to you.
2. REPEAT STEP 1 FOR THE OTHER LAYERS!!! Hehehe. Decorate your cake. Make it pretty. Make it simple. Make it however you want as long as you're happy!!!
Have fun! You can always leave a question in the chatbox I have provided hehehe.
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