Cakes

Victoria sponge cake

From
Heiðar Örn
Oven
180 °C180 °C (350 °F)
Tin
20 cm8 in

Ingredients

  • 5–6 eggs (260 g of egg (weighed out of the shell))
  • about 260 g butter, softened (the same weight as the eggs)about 9 oz butter, softened (the same weight as the eggs)
  • about 260 g caster (superfine) sugar (the same weight as the eggs)about 9 oz caster (superfine) sugar (the same weight as the eggs)
  • about 260 g plain flour (the same weight as the eggs)about 9 oz plain flour (the same weight as the eggs)
  • 4 tsp baking powder

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C. Grease two 20 cm round cake tins and line the bases with baking paper.Heat the oven to 350 °F. Grease two 8 in round cake tins and line the bases with baking paper.
  2. Weigh the eggs, then use the same weight of butter, sugar and flour (about 260 g of each).Weigh the eggs, then use the same weight of butter, sugar and flour (about 9 oz of each).
  3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix the flour and baking powder and fold them in gently.
  4. Divide the batter between the tins and bake at 180°C for about 45 minutes, until golden and a skewer comes out clean.Divide the batter between the tins and bake at 350 °F for about 45 minutes, until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
  5. Let the cakes cool, then sandwich them with jam (and whipped cream, if you like). Dust the top with icing sugar.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Viktoria sponge cake
(H.Ö)
5-6 egg (260 gr. egg.) + smjör + sykur + hveiti - 4 tsk. Lyftid.
180°C í ca. 45 mín. Nota 20 cm. Ø formin