Victoria Sandwich

My second recipe that I made from Mary Berry's Baking Bible was the Victoria Sandwich. This was another of the classic cakes from the first section of the cookbook. This one is called an all-in-one cake because you combine all the ingredients together at once. Also the recipe said it was a "large" Victoria Sandwich but then it calls for 8" round tins. I laughed at this because it is just another reason why Europeans are not obese like so many Americans.

Anyways, this cake was very easy to make. I did end up adding two extras to the recipe (because I really can't help myself...it's hard for me to not tweak a recipe). So I added another large egg - because the batter looked super thick and I was worried it would be pretty dry like the first cake was and I didn't want that. Then I thought hmmm...this doesn't have any flavoring, so I added a splash of vanilla as well.

With all of that being said, I did the rest like it said to. When I turned out my cakes I did flip them on their heads to cool on my racks and when I picked them up an hour later to put them together, I realized how silly this was. There were some pretty little lines on the tops of my cakes. But that didn't effect the taste at all and the cake was topped with sugar so you couldn't really see the top either.

This cake was a lot less dry than my first cake was and that was good. It also helps that there was delicious strawberry jam in between the layers as well! I don't know about you, but I love strawberry jam, so this was really yummy! I would definitely recommend this cake as it is super easy to make and tastes delicious. Plus it was really pretty as well, so if you need to take a dessert somewhere this would be a lovely one to bring!

The next recipe is for a Coffee Victoria Sandwich. I am going to be skipping this one because we don't like coffee and I'm going to wait until I have someone who actually likes coffee to make it for. :)