{"id":15969,"date":"2024-10-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=15969"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:28:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:28:14","slug":"classic-victoria-sponge-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing22.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/classic-victoria-sponge-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Victoria Sponge Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Sainsbury&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>A traditional recipe, great served simply or decorated for a celebration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Serves: makes 1 cake 8 inches, 20cm<br \/>\nPreparation time: 15 Minutes<br \/>\nCooking time: 25 Minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/Recipes\/classic%20victoria%20sponge.jpg\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>175g margarine<br \/>\n175g caster sugar<br \/>\n3 medium size eggs, beaten<br \/>\n175g self-raising flour, sieved<br \/>\nStrawberry jam or buttercream or lemon curd<br \/>\nIcing sugar to dust<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<p>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C, fan 160\u00b0C, gas 4. Grease and line two 20.5cm sandwich tins.<\/p>\n<p>Place the margarine and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a tablespoon of flour with the second egg. Add the remaining flour and beat well.<\/p>\n<p>Divide the mixture equally between the prepared sandwich tins. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until the cake has risen and springs back to the touch. Cool on a wire rack. Sandwich together with your chosen filling. Dust with icing sugar before serving.<\/p>\n<p>Cook&#8217;s tip: For a birthday treat, why not cover with ready rolled icing and some pretty decorations&#8230; Or for chocoholics, smoother with chocolate buttercream and top with flaked chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Sainsbury&#8217;s A traditional recipe, great served simply or decorated for a celebration. &nbsp; Serves: makes 1 cake 8 inches, 20cm Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 25 Minutes &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3481,287],"tags":[507,224,2461,117],"class_list":["post-15969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-recipes","tag-baking","tag-cake","tag-recipes","tag-victoria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Classic Victoria Sponge Cake - Mostly Food and Cocktails<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From Sainsbury&#039;s. 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