So, what do we know about the Victoria Sponge?

So, what do we know about the Victoria Sponge?

Well, we are all aware that the Victoria Sponge is a Quintessential British Baking Classic – a tasty tea time treat steeped in tradition, with recipes passed through the generations.

But why is it called the ‘Victoria’ Sponge we hear you cry....

Quite simply, the name Victoria Sponge was given to this cake because it was Queen Victoria’s favourite Afternoon Tea accompaniment!

Over the years, the Victoria Sponge may have seen tweaks and innovative twists to its traditional recipe – double cream as opposed to buttercream, and varying jam fillings such as; lemon curd and raspberry. Despite these twists and tweaks the Classic Victoria Sponge is still a firm favourite on today’s Afternoon Tea Menus.

The Classic Victoria Sponge is two sponges sandwiched together with buttercream and strawberry jam, and a light dusting of icing sugar. However, the WI do not recognise this as the traditional recipe, instead, the recipe that they recognise is simple raspberry jam filling with a dusting of caster sugar.

So, let's see what baking delights we have...