Victoria Sponge Cake competition

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Who wants to enter here please. This will be fab. Now we have to find some judges. I think we should put thread in chat and ask someone to judge based on their credentials Obviously they will be only looking at a pic not tasting. We need rules as well??? Good idea or not.

Ooh lordy are the grammar police going to be judging as well.

Cod stuffed if she's entering then!

could we rethink the photos in the garden scenario? much as the rural setting with red and white roses would enhance the appearance of my cake, the p*ing awful weather might make it a tad soggy.

If weather is inclement why not photograph cake in the orangery dahling?

SMS i was going to photograph then re-sandwich with butter cream, too. Have you a filling recipe?

I am going to make the cake tonight.

Ta DA.

Rules are

Make a bloody Victoria Sponge type cake

Take a picture of it.

Then take a pic of a slice.

If you happen to get the fucking petunias in the background, I would say thats good photography.

Ok mine is in.

but Petunia will be in the kitchen, doing the washing up for mummy!

For my filling I just beat a blob of butter until it is softened and gradually add icing sugar until it looks and tastes like butter cream. I usually add a dash of vanilla essence too.

And nobody said this was a spelling contest!!!

My bloody DH is standing at the kitchen door watchin my cakes and saying things like 'it's burnt', 'it's not like my mother used to make'.

Please come and calm me down. They look good.

Well the way my VSC's are turning out I will be winning the MN booby prize.

(an empty froot shoot bottle with a mouldy lentil in the bottom).

Thank fuck I mR Muscled my oven door recently. Will put photos up soon

here

Notice the corkscrew & glass please girls.

They are hot here

that is surreal UCM. No cake, a used corkscrew, an empty winglass and a ...what is that white thing?

(nice tiles BTW)

But that is an empty bowl ...and is that water in the glass or is it empty?

Arrrgh - is that a bit of zittage developing?

Babies bottle top.

My cakes have swollen and gone very unswollen.

Of course it was bloody empty, it was waiting for me to fill it up. As I have done. My darling fluffy cakes have spectacturlarly fucking sunk.

But after they are cooled they will look good. As the Gruffalo said!!!!

I am working on a gorgeous rosette though for the winner. Tis lovely.

So if I find time am I allowed cream???

Oh God, I love the cake in process esp in the oven.

As I have said on t'other VSC thread, finished project looks deeply yummy.

Am that you got such superb rise on your first attempt.

Slightly mad Scientist, of course.

Mrs Cake will be judging on presentation mostly as if she licked the screen it would be a bit bonkers.

But Slub, I used 666 and 3 and my rise was round the edges. Not in the middle. I did something wrong. Not sure what. Twas bloody good fun though.

check your prob here...its a pretty comprehensive list