Victoria sponge cake
A basic sponge cake has only flour, sugar and eggs. It depends on well whisked eggs as the leavening agent. (To enlighten; leavening agent is one that helps a cake to rise.) Victoria sponge cake has fat and a leavening agent added too, namely, butter and baking powder. It is named after Queen Victoria who used to like this cake with her tea. Victoria sponge cake takes after the pound cake, in that it uses equal measures of flour, butter, sugar and eggs. I follow the old-fashioned method of baking; which is to cream caster sugar and butter, mixing it well with beaten egg, then folding in flour and baking powder. So let's dive into the recipe .. Granulated sugar - 250g Butter - 250g or 156ml olive oil Organic brown eggs - 4 Vanilla essence - a few drops All-purpose flour - 250g Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Milk - 1/2 cup I cut down on the sugar to 220g and butter to 200g. So, the modus operandi.. Grind granulated sugar to a powder. Keep butter out of the refrigerator a few hours ahead s