Lemon Victoria Sponge Cakes with Passionfruit Cream
The Victoria sponge was named after Queen Victoria, who favoured a slice of sponge cake with her afternoon tea. Traditionally filled with raspberry jam and dusted with icing sugar, my preference is for lashings of whipped passionfruit cream or lemon curd folded through whipped cream.
Recipe by Claire Aldous
Photography by Manja Wachsmuth
From issue #41
ingredients
200 grams butter at room temperature
1 cup caster sugar ...
Method
Preheat the oven to 180˚C.
Beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest until the mixture is very light and pale.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour and baking powder and ...
