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To ask about Victoria sponge cake

109 replies

CathyTurnbull · 02/05/2021 12:21

Does jam go on the bottom and buttercream on the top in the middle filling? Or Is it buttercream on bottom and jam above?
Does it matter?
Thank you

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GreyhoundG1rl · 02/05/2021 17:21

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius

Coffee sponge cake, coffee buttercream in the middle and on top, and walnut halves on top, round the edge.
You heretic! You have a vat of coffee with the cake, not in it!
Lightningrain · 02/05/2021 17:22

If I’m doing jam and buttercream/cream I put jam on the top, cream on the bottom and put them back together.

This has just reminded me of my school cookery teacher who would tell anyone off that dares refer to it as a Victoria sponge. Apparently it was a ‘Victoria sandwich cake’.

2Rebecca · 02/05/2021 17:23

Another just jam person. Buttercream is a shop cake thing

villainousbroodmare · 02/05/2021 17:29

I split each layer horizontally so that I can get four layers of cream, jam and fruit!

ineedaholidaynow · 02/05/2021 17:30

DH had a Victoria sponge cake disqualified from a local produce show because he dared to put buttercream in it, must have been someone from the WI judging it! He was not happy.

Mamamamasaurus · 02/05/2021 17:31

Warm the jam up.in the microwave - piece of cake.

And buttercream!?!? Sweet Moses, what is wrong with you?? Whipped cream, all the way.

MathsFiend · 02/05/2021 17:32

If you use fresh cream, how do you store it? Out of the fridge, the cream will go rancid, but in the fridge, the cake will go hard.

GreyhoundG1rl · 02/05/2021 17:38

@MathsFiend

If you use fresh cream, how do you store it? Out of the fridge, the cream will go rancid, but in the fridge, the cake will go hard.
Store?!
GreyhoundG1rl · 02/05/2021 17:39

@ineedaholidaynow

DH had a Victoria sponge cake disqualified from a local produce show because he dared to put buttercream in it, must have been someone from the WI judging it! He was not happy.
What? Was there supposed to be no cream at all?
ineedaholidaynow · 02/05/2021 17:41

No just jam @GreyhoundG1rl

GreyhoundG1rl · 02/05/2021 17:43

@ineedaholidaynow

No just jam *@GreyhoundG1rl*
They are so wrong...
BlueberryKiss · 02/05/2021 18:03

Warm jam in microwave and spread over bottom layer. Allow to cool. Take a zip lock food bag or a disposable plastic piping bag filled with buttercream and pipe a line around the outside edge. Leave for a few minutes to firm up before piping the rest in concentric circles inside the line. Pop top on and press lightly.

Fresh cream is nicer but you have to whip it firmer than you think or it squeezes out when you put the top on. This is tricky because you run the risk of turning the cream into buttery lumps which is gross.

A cream cheese frosting (I know, I know...philistine) can be good with the right recipe.

ShaunaTheSheep · 02/05/2021 18:06

Basic Victoria sponge recipe can be pimped with a lemon drizzle, lemon curd and fresh cream too (just don't tell the WI).

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 02/05/2021 18:09

be nice with raspberry jam, fresh cream, and then fresh raspberries.

YetAnotherWalk · 02/05/2021 20:06

Jam and then fresh cream!

bridgetreilly · 02/05/2021 20:32

It doesn’t matter which order the jam and buttercream go.

If it is fresh cream, it’s delicious but it’s not Victoria sponge.

bridgetreilly · 02/05/2021 20:34

Apparently it was a ‘Victoria sandwich cake’.

Yes, that’s true. I retract my former comment. You can call anything a Victoria sponge, but it’s not a Victoria sandwich if it’s got whipped cream in.

MotherofPearl · 02/05/2021 20:34

Good lord, I love buttercream as much as the next person, but not on a Victoria Sponge. Shock

Jam and cream in the centre (jam first, then cream). Light dusting of icing sugar on the top. That's it.

If I'm feeling fancy I'll add fruit to match the jam (layer the fruit over the jam before adding the cream). Raspberries with raspberry jam is great, though my favourite is blackberries with blackberry jam. The blackberries need cutting in half though, or the two cakes struggle to stick together and it all gets a bit unwieldy.

campion · 02/05/2021 20:47

@Lightningrain

If I’m doing jam and buttercream/cream I put jam on the top, cream on the bottom and put them back together.

This has just reminded me of my school cookery teacher who would tell anyone off that dares refer to it as a Victoria sponge. Apparently it was a ‘Victoria sandwich cake’.

That's because your teacher was correct! Sandwich because you sandwich it together, and also because it's not a true sponge.

A proper sponge cake doesn't have any fat in it.

But anyway, jam on one cake,buttercream on the other.

didireallysaythat · 02/05/2021 21:00

You're all evil. Now I want cake. I'm going to have to make an 8 egg mix of Victoria Sponge tomorrow, aren't I?

GreyhoundG1rl · 02/05/2021 21:02

8 eggs?! Is it big enough for all of us?

Hesma · 02/05/2021 22:09

A traditional Victoria sponge is jam only filling and caster sugar on top

victoriaspongecake · 02/05/2021 22:11

Just jam. And icing sugar on top!

nocoolnamesleft · 02/05/2021 22:16

Doesn't it depend upon whether you're from Devon or Cornwall?

didireallysaythat · 02/05/2021 23:17

@GreyhoundG1rl I'm not good at sharing cake. I just want to make a deep Victoria rather than the paper thin ones I normally manage (maybe I don't beat the mixture enough or something).