VICTORIA SPONGE DISINTEGRATION DRAMA...Breaking news...

[maidamess]

I have just made a sponge...yes I know thats a shock enough in itself, but while every mouthful tastes like a mouthful of heaven, the bloody thing is in such a mess one can barely lift a slice up! its crumbs, crumbs, crumbs, not firm and springy.

What went wrong?

You need Slubberdegullion.

Is that a new range of margerine?

This should give you some tips. MN VSC chat

IME all my homemade cakes disintegrate. you should see the sofa after ds has eaten a fairy cake! (the loaves and fishes story springs to mind) shop bough ones dont crumb so much, cos the have so much crap in them

oh dear.

what method did u use?

Thanks yabba, thats a great thread. I think I should have 6,6 3'd rather than 4,4,2'd.

i really want another mumsnet bake-off lol,.

misdee I did Delia all in one, bung it in method.

AT NO POINT in her recipe did it mention cake disintegration.

Now ,I'm all for bunging custard on the lot and calling it pudding but aesthetically its distressing me.

yes devils proportion is the way to go.

i was grooveisintheheart/ladyvictoriaofcake last summer

Are you good with a sponge, then?

Bake off????????????? What have a I missed?

I have baked 3 different things this weekend.

yum yum

Perfect user name for thread subject

They are amazing misdee! Mine is about a quarter of the depth and is approximating a circle.

NAB

last summer mumsnetter had a 'village fete' cake competation. was very silly and good fun.

And yes NAB I did make a royal mess of the kitchen!

lol at misdee's doily

is it the 6663 method that makes mine crumbly too then? i also just chuck it all in.

have just finished a 13x9 tray bake using that method, though i wish now i'd gone 8884 as its not very deep. have swished some homemade lemon curd through it. am hoping it'll be good enough to sell tomorrow. .

i was going to start a thread for oven recommendations as mine is rubbish.... misdee does your oven cook evenly?

we had to use doilys. was part of the presentation for the VSC competation/ has beern the only time i used them and i have no idea where the other 9 in the pack have gone. i think dd's used them as elaborate snowflakes at xmas.

forgot to say, your cake looks fab

So...why was my cake urg-ly, and misdee's so purty?

no idea. mine was 666/3 or some people recommend weighing 3 eggs and then matching weigfhts for other ingrediants that way,

xcream together butter and sugar. beat in eggs. fold in flour. put in oven at gas mark 4 or 5 i think on middler shelf for approx 35mins. but my brain is rusty.

ahh, maybe it cos i'm just too lazy pushed for time for the traditional method

would definately be interested in a bake off though. sounds fun