The last time someone asked me to make a Victoria sponge I used the same method just baking it in two sponge tins instead of a tray and then layering with strawberry jam and double cream sweetened with a little icing sugar
Put the cocoa powder and boiling water into a large bowl and mix well to make a paste. The recipe is from the wonderful MaryBerry, who I have recently enjoyed watching in the very funny episodes of the Celebrity Bake off
· Cakes & Cookies, Treats, What’s Cooking. Zesty and moist, it really is a winner whether cooked in a loaf tin or, as in this recipe byMaryBerry, as a tray bake
I'm not a huge fan of MaryBerry, and my views on the whole GBBO caravan have already been documented - I wouldn't know exactly what happened in recent episodes, because I'm not watching the latest series, but I'd just like to say that the suggestion of 'naughty editing' by the BBC to make more out of the Baked Alaska issue than was there, painting a darker picture of the actions of one of the contestants, only goes to convince me that I'm right, and this show is not really much better than Jeremy Kyle
Recipe Junkie and the Attack of the Custard Creams
However, there are certain people whose recipes never fail – I have half a dozen whose books I always buy but I hold my hands up and admit I do not own a MaryBerry one
I’m sure I’ll grow to love each baker as I get to know them better, but I’ve not been struck by the love at first sight that I (and the rest of the internet) were subject to last year
· Puds, What’s Cooking. By CountryWives. Mix the flour, sugar and suet together in a mixing bowl. Add the vanilla extract and enough milk to bind to a soft dough
So I found Mary's recipe on BBC Good Food and got baking. I have used my own homemade raspberryand star anise jam using homegrown autumn raspberries that we have in our fruit frame
good-quality strawberry or raspberry jam. use a piece of baking or silicone paper to rub a little baking spread or butter around the inside of the tins until the sides and base are lightly coated
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