Tag: Victoria Sponge

• #100bakes: Victoria Sponge.

  

  You can’t beat a traditional Victoria Sponge. It’s got to have fresh cream in it, for me. I also prefer it sprinkled with caster sugar, rather than icing sugar. A Victoria Sponge is another bake to scratch off the #100BakesChallenge Poster. I chose to use Mary Berry’s recipe, which always works for me. Instead of…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  March 20, 2022

  #100bakeschallenge, Cakes and Muffins, Classic and Traditional Cakes, Mary Berry

  afternoon tea, baking, baking for friends, cake, cakes, coffee morning, family, jam, layer cake, Mary Berry, Mary Berry’s Baking Bible, traditional, Vicky sponge, Victoria Sponge, whipped cream

• Amazing Cakes #7: Victoria Sponge

  

  I know I’ve published a blog post somewhere about a good old Vicky Sponge but I wanted to try out the Amazing Cakes’ version last Monday. It was my day off work and I walked down to my local post office to post a few parcels of some hand crocheted and knitted baby blankets I…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  October 14, 2020

  Amazing Cakes, Classic and Traditional Cakes, The Great British Bake Off

  afternoon tea, Amazing Cakes, baking, classic cakes, family favourite, jam, seasonal treat, teatime, The Great British Bake Off, traditional cakes, Victoria Sponge, whipped cream

• Traditional Classic: Victoria Sponge

  

  Smart Cookie Sam

  June 8, 2020

  Classic and Traditional Cakes

  afternoon tea, baking, cakes, cream, family, strawberries, teatime, teatime treats, traditional, Victoria Sponge

• Lemon Curd Victoria Sponge. 

  

  Long time, no see! It’s been over a month since I’ve last blogged.  My excuse is I’ve simply been busy working. Teaching full time on different supply contacts, doing extra shifts in a day nursery during the Easter holidays definitely took it’s toll though and by the Easter weekend I felt terrible.  I went down with…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  May 4, 2017

  Classic and Traditional Cakes

  Bake, baking, buttercream, cake, cake with friends, icing sugar, lemon curd, lemons, Lorraine Pascale, sharing, staffroom treats, Tiptree Lemon Curd, Victoria Sponge

• Eton Mess Cake- The Clandestine Cake Club A Year Of Cake Bakealong June 2016.

  

  I’m a member of the internationally renowned Clandestine Cake Club and regularly go along to local events in Yorkshire. I’ve been a member for over 3 years now and have made a lot of friends through the club. We take a cake each along to the event and try tiny pieces of each other’s cakes.…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  June 30, 2016

  Classic and Traditional Cakes

  A Year Of Cake, British, buttercream, cakes, classic desserts, cream, Eton Mess, jam, meringues, raspberries, strawberries, summer, The Clandestine Cake Club, traditional, Victoria Sponge

• Cherry and Almond Victoria Sponge

  Oh no, it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve updated my blog.  It has been really busy here, just too much going on what with life in general!  I thought I’d better get my act together and update it, seeing as Christmas and the mad hectic season is nearly upon us!  Anyway, enough of…

  Smart Cookie Sam

  November 20, 2013

  Classic and Traditional Cakes

  afternoon tea, almonds, cake, cherries, The Clandestine Cake Club, Victoria Sponge