Today I have a cake that Queen Victoria is known to enjoy with her afternoon cake. It is Victoria Sandwich cake aka Victoria Sponge or Victoria Cake. It is a quintessential English tea time treat. This cake typically consists of 2 layers of sponge cake sandwiched with raspberry jam and whipped cream. Even though this cake sounds very simple, it is very sensitive to the baking times and temperatures. The sponge cake needs to be tender enough to melt in the mouth but at the same time sturdy enough to hold its structure with the jam and whipped cream. Add to the complexity I wanted to make this cake eggless. Because there’s no icing on this cake, there is no way to hide the imperfections. So the cake needs to be baked just right. I used this eggless cake recipe to make the sponge here. This recipe yields a cake that is moist and with a beautiful crumb. The cake absorbs the jam and the whipped cream and gets slightly soft. I was in a hurry to take the photos because I baked the cake in the late afternoon and I wanted to assemble it before the sun sets. My cakes were still a little warm when I sandwiched them and the whipped cream sort of oozed out and got a little melty. It tasted OK when eaten right away, but the chilled cake after it got a chance to soften, tasted amazing.This is a simple cake that needs just a few ingredients and has a WOW factor. My kids love it and have been eating it as their afternoon snack for the past couple of days.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 75. [inlinkz_linkup id=693909 mode=1]
