If there's a cake recipe worth knowing, it has to be a Victoria sponge. This simple delight has historical ties to Queen Victoria and afternoon tea, plus it is incredibly versatile. The basic ...

Arguably, most of us would now drop the plum cake in favour of a showstopper (to use the term coined by The Great British Bake Off) of a Victoria sponge. Although it was named for the sweet-toothed ...

The humble Victoria sponge cake, or sandwich cake, commonly consists of vanilla sponge cake with jam and cream or buttercream inside. It was enjoyed by Queen Victoria and remains one of the most ...

“She beat that with the sugar with a wooden spoon. It is the very first Victoria sponge cake that I can remember. “VE Day was the most important day. It’s what everybody had waited fo ...

The Victoria Sponge is a two-layer cake filled with jam and cream that was a 19th-Century favourite of Queen Victoria. The American chef, author and food stylist Claire Ptak uses brown sugar ...

Asked how he manages to avoid eating cake while training, Arévalo replied: “I do sometimes, I do, but not every day.” A spokesman for AELTC confirmed that traditional Victoria Sponge cakes ...