Classic Victoria Sponge

Name: Classic Victoria Sponge
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 225g butter, softened; 225g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 225g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp milk; 1 tsp vanilla; strawberry jam for filling; 1 cup whipped cream; icing sugar to dust

The quintessential British Victoria sponge with jam and whipped cream. Creaming the butter and sugar until genuinely pale and fluffy, not just combined, gives this sponge its light, airy crumb.

Total time

40 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

bakingdessertcomfort

Ingredients

225gbutter, softened

225gcaster sugar

4eggs

225gself-raising flour

1 tspbaking powder

2 tbspmilk

1 tspvanilla

strawberry jamfor filling

1 cupwhipped cream

icing sugarto dust

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar until pale; beat in eggs.

Fold in flour, baking powder, milk, and vanilla.

Divide between two greased 20cm tins; bake at 180°C for 20-25 min.

Cool; sandwich with jam and cream; dust with icing sugar.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

902

Protein

12.3g

Fat

51.2g

Carbs

101g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

536mg

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