Victoria Sponge Cake

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    449
based on 49 ratings

This is a classic sponge cake from the English kitchen, easy to make and guaranteed a successful addition to a traditional afternoon tea.

recipe updated Jan 18, 2024

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    200 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    200 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    200 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    1 tablespoon
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    200 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    2 ½ teaspoons
  • Strawberry jam icon
    Strawberry jam
    200 g
  • Buttercream frosting icon
    Buttercream frosting
    200 g
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Round pan - 20cm (8")
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  2. Prepare 2 clean round pans with parchment paper
  3. Fit stir tool to kCook bowl
  4. Add unsalted butter and caster sugar to the kCook bowl
  5. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  6. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  7. Mix with filler cap fitted - 2 min 30 sec, speed 7
  8. Add egg, milk, all purpose flour, vanilla extract and baking powder to a clean medium bowl
  9. Transfer content of medium bowl to kCook bowl
  10. Mix with filler cap fitted then scrape bowl - 1 min 10 sec, speed 6
  11. Scrape
  12. Mix with filler cap fitted - 20 sec, speed 6
  13. Divide content of kCook bowl between 2 round pans evenly
  14. Bake until skewer tests clean - 20 min, 175°C
  15. Cool - 5 min
  16. Remove carefully onto cooling rack and let cool - 30 min
  17. Spread with strawberry jam and buttercream frosting
  18. Assemble carefully
  19. Dust with icing sugar
  20. Serve
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