Food & Drink Life Lifestyle Pacific NW Magazine Long live the Victoria Sponge Cake — or, at least through summer’s super-fresh fruit season Originally published August 14, 2018 at 7:00 am ...

Preheat the oven to 180°C (375F, gas mark 4) Grease and line two 8 inch cake tins (if you only own one tin, you can bake the sponge and slice in half) Cream the caster sugar, vanilla essence and ...

Remove cake from oven and let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Invert cake onto a serving plate, and then return it to upright.

16:23, Tue, Jul 1, 2025 Updated: 16:23, Tue, Jul 1, 2025 When it comes to cake choices there’s a whole plethora of options to choose from nowadays, leaving you literally spoilt for choice. But ...

So, yeah, when I came upon this Victoria Sponge Cake concoction at allrecipes.com, it seemed an appropriate choice for his send off. It is said to have been a favorite for Queen Victoria at tea time.

She added: "No baking powder, never use it in Victoria mix, add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture, then add flour. You can sieve it in if you like for more aeration.

Sponge cake is rather simple and plain at the start, but goes full-on dessert once dressed in icing, jam, fruit curd or syrup. Victoria sponge was named after Queen Victoria, who had a slice with ...

Dessert: For all your layer cakes and other Victoria cakes, here is a simple recipe of sponge cake, actually coming from Italy and called Pan di spagna. Preparation: Step 1: In a bowl, put the ...

A lucky 3-year-old boy in Dorset, UK, got for his birthday the world's largest Victoria sponge cake, weighing over 300 kg. It took the invention of baking powder to make such rich, buttery cakes ...