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Simple butter cake in simple serving
Golden butter sponge cake filled with jam and cream

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Cakes and Desserts
'Simple' here doesn't mean lack of quality, but purity. This cake relies on the holy trinity of butter, sugar, and eggs. The original 'Pound Cake' contained a pound of everything. This modern version is lightened with baking powder and milk, but the essence is the same: the taste of good quality butter conquers all. Perfect as a 'tea cake' on its own, but also a great base for layer cakes.
🕒 Prep Time 25 mins
🍳 Cook Time 35 mins
⌛ Total Time 2 hrs
🍽️ Servings 8 servings
🔥 Calories 395 kcal
🌍 Cuisine English / 'Pound Cake' style

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Hand mixer
  • Cake tin (20-22 cm)
  • Sieve

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Eggs
⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and flour the tin.

Tip: Good preparation is fundamental.
2 ✓

Beat the soft butter with the sugar until very fluffy and pale (approx. 5-8 minutes).

Tip: This is the most important step: sugar crystals cut air bubbles into the butter (mechanical leavening).
3 ✓

Add eggs one by one, mixing well with each. If it curdles, add a spoonful of flour.

Tip: Emulsion (mixing of fat and water) is delicate, temperature identity helps.
4 ✓

Mix flour, salt, baking powder. Add to the butter base alternately with milk and vanilla. Mix only until combined!

Tip: Overmixing makes it tough (gluten).
5 ✓

Bake for 30-35 minutes (skewer test). If golden brown and springy, it's done.

Tip: Due to butter content, it becomes a nice golden brown.
6 ✓

Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then fully on a rack. Dust with icing sugar.

Tip: Lukewarm cake is the most delicious.

Recipe FAQ

The batter became dense and greasy.
The butter and eggs weren't at room temperature, so you couldn't beat enough air into them (emulsion failure). Or you overmixed with the flour.
The centre domed.
The oven was too hot, the edges baked too quickly while the middle was still rising.

Ingredients

  • 200 g Plain flour
  • 150 g Butter (soft, room temperature)
  • 150 g Caster sugar
  • 3 whole Eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 sachet Baking powder
  • 100 ml Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 50 g Icing sugar (for dusting)
  • 1 pinch Salt