{"id":3632,"slug":"victoria-sandwich","title":"Victoria Sandwich","description":"The Victoria sandwich (also known as the Victoria sponge) is a Victorian cake that is popular in the UK.","ingredients_raw":["170 g (⅔ cup or 6 oz) self-raising flour","170 g (⅔ cup or 6 oz) unsalted butter or margarine","170 g (⅔ cup or 6 oz) caster sugar","3 eggs (170 g without shell)","1 tsp vanilla essence","Fruit jam","Whipped cream or buttercream"],"ingredients_norm":["self raising flour","unsalted butter or margarine","superfine sugar","egg","vanilla essence","fruit jam","whipped cream or buttercream"],"steps":["Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F or Gas Mark 6).","Cream the butter and sugar into a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until softened.","Add the 3 eggs, the vanilla essence, and the flour and mix until smooth.","Divide the mixture between the two greased cake pans.","Bake in the oven for 20–30 minutes (10–15 in a fan-assisted oven) until firm to the touch.","Leave to cool completely on a cooling rack.","Turn one cake upside down and spread jam and whipped cream over it. Then, place the second cake on top.","Cut into wedges, and serve."],"categories":["Cake recipes","Dessert recipes","Baking recipes","English recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using egg","Recipes for cake","Recipes using whipped cream","Recipes using superfine sugar","Recipes using self-raising flour","Recipes using fruit preserves","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Victoria_Sandwich","source_ref":"4516968","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Victoria_Sandwich&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"60d76244febfc96d3d9fc7bcc7c77db9aa01484eb2f6092ebb69a1af5b0dd35c","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:30Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/victoria-sandwich"}