Lets make a Victoria Sponge ( with pics )

**nigelandjan** · 08-07-2012, 09:38 PM

Rain has stopped play again in the veg garden so lets have a go at an easy to make Victoria sponge ,, although not a sponge in the "true " sense as a sponge has no fat in it , so there !

Ingredients :

175 gms soft butter or marg

175 gms caster sugar

175 gms self raising flour

3 fresh eggs

1 tspn of baking powder
1 tspn vanilla essence

2 ......... 7" circular baking tins .

Gentlemen start your ovens

170 for a fan 180 for conventional oven .

First grease + line your tins like so

Then whisk up your butter + sugar like so

Then add the eggs whisk em in then whisk that for at least 2 mins until bubbles appear like so

Then add flour + baking powder gently mix this in now and pour into your baking tins like so

25 mins later out the oven to cool down ,, in the meantime mix up 40gms of butter with 100 gms of icing sugar ,, when cool spread one half with strawberry or raspberry jam and the other with your cream ,, and if your lucky you might get a picture of it before " someone " eats a slice ! where is she ???

Hope you enjoy ,, theres a slice going in my lunchbox tomorrow ( if theres any left )

**Kwang** · 08-07-2012, 09:56 PM

Can I lick the whisk that went into the 2nd pic that you've hidden ?

**Bettyboo** · 08-07-2012, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

theres a slice going in my lunchbox tomorrow

You kinky bastard!

Frankly, I reckon that lovely looking sponge has been ruined by the cheap jam and cream. You need some real rasberries and some double cream.

**can123** · 08-07-2012, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

theres a slice going in my lunchbox tomorrow

You kinky bastard!

Frankly, I reckon that lovely looking sponge has been ruined by the cheap jam and cream. You need some real rasberries and some double cream.

Yes, and it should be orange.

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

That is a fucking mess, sonny... even I could manage to bake a proper big Victoria sponge cake when I was a student, bloody hell!

Pictures please dad

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 12:18 AM

TBH all was going well until I put the cream in ,, I followed it to the letter so blame the twat who gave me the recipe ok ? gonna have to develop some attitude

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Kwang

Can I lick the whisk that went into the 2nd pic that you've hidden ?

You can lick my whisk anyday luv

**can123** · 09-07-2012, 12:22 AM

The jam should be spread over the bottom piece of the sponge only, and you should have used whipped cream. It looks a mess but the picture shows that the sponge is cooked properly so I would enjoy it.

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 12:31 AM

The jam was spread on the bottom only Tincan thank you ,, and in any case who eats with their eye's ?? FFKS get it in yer !

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

You kinky bastard!

When you get to my age Betty ( assuming you will ) you will find out you have to ring the changes mate

**klong toey** · 09-07-2012, 12:39 AM

That looks very nice,can we have jam roly poly with custard next week please.

**can123** · 09-07-2012, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

The jam was spread on the bottom only Tincan thank you ,, and in any case who eats with their eye's ?? FFKS get it in yer !

Well, you should use jam which is not mobile. It seems to be invading all parts of the cake. Have you see "The Blob" ?

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by can123

Have you see "The Blob" ?

No ,,,but I do have a full length mirror in my bedroom

**astasinim** · 09-07-2012, 01:25 AM

Not sure whats happened with your butter cream Nigel. Was it whipped enough, or was the sponge still a little warm when you added it? Either way, I bet it tasted as it should.

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 01:43 AM

It looks a car crash sponge mate , but it tastes the nuts ,, BTW it was stone cold infact it said 50 gms of butter to 100gms of icing sugar

I cut it down a bit 40 gms to the 100 icing ,, so I don't know ,, anyway there aint a lot left now so can't be all bad

**nigelandjan** · 09-07-2012, 11:26 AM

Well for all the doubters I am glad to report my cream has settled down this morning and just cut a slice to put in my lunchbox , delicious

**Kwang** · 09-07-2012, 12:22 PM

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