Victoria Sponge

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Victoria Sponge

Ingredients

  • 4 Eggs (large)
  • 225g Self-Raising Flour
  • 225g Caster Sugar
  • 225g Unsalted Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions

1. Cream together the butter and sugar until light, fluffy and pale.
2. Beat the eggs with the vanilla extract and add to the mixture a little at a time
3. Sift the flour and baking powder together then gently fold into the mixture
4. Separate the mixture into 2 greased and lined sandwiched tins
5. Bake each layer at 180°C / 350°F / Gas 4 for 20-25 mins until the top is lightly golden, or a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean
6. Once cooled, sandwich with jam and dust with icing sugar
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