Victoria Sandwich Cake

Sunday was another family dinner. We have them the first Sunday of every month.  D and I love having family gather and spend a relaxing afternoon chatting and catching up.  Another nice part about the family dinner is that I get the chance to make the dessert so I have another reason to try a new recipe. Wahoo!

I knew I had seen a recipe that would be perfect linked up in a past Tout It Tuesday from Tartan Tastes in Texas. The recipe was for a sponge cake with jam in the middle topped with powdered sugar. It sounded delicious! Plus, there was the added bonus of it being named after England's Queen Victoria - so it was the perfect dessert to have during the Olympics.  

The original recipe called for self-rising flour and round pans - neither of which I had, so I adapted the recipe making my own self-rising flour, using a high sided baking pan and cutting 2-7x7 squares of cake to sandwich together.

This cake looked great and tasted even better. No one passed on dessert when I brought this out. Definitely the sign of a successful recipe.

Victoria Sandwich Cake
Adapted from this recipe from Tartan Tastes in Texas

Ingredients

For the Cake

• 8oz Butter
• 8oz Sugar
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 8oz AP flour
• 1/4 t salt
• 1 1/2 t baking powder

For the Middle Layer

• 8 Tbsp (or so) strawberry jam

For the Top

• Sifted powdered sugar

Directions

• Set oven to 350F.
• Spray bottom of a high edged baking pan (like this one) with cooking spray.
• Line with a piece of parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Mix together dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Add a bit of the beaten eggs, alternating with the dry ingredients.
• Mix only enough to combine until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the baking pan and level off.
• Bake in oven for 20 minutes until cake has risen and is springy yet firm to touch and a light golden color.
• Turn out to cool on wire rack.
• Cut out 2 pieces, 7 x 7 inches in size.
• Once cooled sandwich together with strawberry jam.
• Sieve powdered sugar over the top.