Cakes · Original adaptation
Classic Victoria Sandwich Recipe
Two tender vanilla sponge layers filled with raspberry jam and softly whipped cream for a reliable celebration of the episode's first technical bake.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 1, Episode 1
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Classic Victoria Sandwich
- Prep
- 25 min
- Bake
- 24 min
- Total
- 49 min
- Makes
- One 20 cm cake, serving 8
Ingredients
- 200 g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for the pans
- 200 g caster sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 200 g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 150 g seedless raspberry jam
- 150 ml double cream, cold
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
Method
Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan. Grease two 20 cm round cake pans and line their bases with baking paper.
Beat the butter and caster sugar for 3 to 4 minutes until pale and noticeably fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a spoonful of the measured flour if the mixture begins to split, then mix in the vanilla.
Sift in the remaining flour and baking powder. Fold gently until only a few flour streaks remain, then fold in the milk.
Divide the batter evenly between the pans and level the tops. Bake for 22 to 24 minutes, until golden, springy in the center, and pulling slightly from the sides.
Cool in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn the cakes onto a rack, remove the paper, and cool completely.
Whip the cream with the icing sugar to soft peaks. Spread the jam over one cake, add the cream in an even layer, and place the second cake on top. Dust lightly with icing sugar before serving.
Before you start
- This is a Baking Show Guide adaptation, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
- Weigh the filled cake pans if you want layers of identical depth.
- For a more traditional room-temperature filling, omit the cream and increase the jam to 200 g.
From the episode
Cakes
This adaptation starts from the episode's cakes brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
