Victoria Sandwich

Name: Victoria Sandwich
Ingredients: 250 g butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1 cup caster sugar; 4 eggs; 2 cups self-raising flour; 2 tablespoons jam

6 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

250 g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup caster sugar
4 eggs
2 cups self-raising flour
2 tablespoons jam

Directions

1

You will also need icing sugar for this recipe.
2

Grease 2 deep 20cm round cake pans.
3

Cover bases with paper, grease paper.
4

Beat butter, essence and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until mixture is light and fluffy.
5

Add eggs 1 at a time, beat well between additions.
6

Transfer to large bowl.
7

Stir in sifted flour in 2 batches.
8

Spread mixture evenly between prepared pans.
9

Bake in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes.
10

Turn cakes onto wire rack to cool.
11

Join cakes with jam.
12

Dust cake with a little sifted icing sugar.
13

This is best made on the day of serving.
14

Can freeze, do not microwave.