No Beater Victoria Sponge Cake
 
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A quick easy to make cake that just requires a balloon whisk to bring the ingredients together. Delicious served as a plain sponge cake and sandwiched with cream, jam and strawberries for a summer Victoria Sponge Cake or delicious plain with a cup of tea or coffee.
Marissa:
Recipe type: Cakes
Cuisine: English
Servings: 6-9
Ingredients
  • 125g very soft butter
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 175g flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 organic eggs
  • 65ml milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
  • Filling:
  • The best strawberry jam you can afford
  • 1 tub of clotted cream
  • 1 punnet of strawberries
Method
  1. Grease and lined 25x 25cm tin.
  2. Preheat Oven 180 degrees Celsius.
  3. Place all cake ingredients into a bowl and using a balloon whisk, mix all the ingredients together. This should only take about 10 whisks or less.
  4. This batter is quite runny, that is what makes it light.
  5. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  6. Leave the cake in the tin until it is cool.
  7. Remove the cake from the tin, slice in half, add the jam, cream and fresh strawberries and serve.
  8. Or serve with the jam, cream and strawberries in bowls on the side and guests can choose their own cake filling.
Recipe by Marissa's Recipes & Ideas at https://www.marissa.co/no-beater-victoria-sponge-cake/