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Chocolate Victoria Sponge
Recipe by:
999cameron
A delicious, light, tasty, scrummy cake, including an easy-to-make chocolate icing.
Ready in 30 mins
Saved by 341 cook(s)
Ingredients
Makes: 16 Slices
- 150g butter or margarine
- 150g caster sugar
- 110g self-raising flour
- 40g cocoa powder
- 3 medium sized eggs
- 165g icing sugar
- 35g cocoa powder
- 100g butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Preparation method
Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 15 mins1.
Preheat the oven to 200 C / 180 C fan / Gas 6.
2.
Cream the fat with the sugar.
3.
Sift in the flour and cocoa, add the eggs and mix until the mixture is completely combined.
4.
Divide the mixture between to cake tins, then place the cakes into the oven for about 15 minutes, or until cakes have risen and are srpingy to touch.
5.
Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
6.
Cream the icing sugar, cocoa, butter and vanilla together, using a little water if needed. Turn one of the cakes over so that the top is on the bottom. Spread half of the mixture onto it, and then take the other cake and place it on top, so the top is on top. If you have enough butter cream left at the end, spread it round the outsides so that the cake is completely covered, except the bottom.
7.
Leave the frosting to set a little before serving.
Last updated:
22 Apr 2013
Reviews & comments
Easy
Love this cake, Very moist BUT is quite small in a big cake tin
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10 Apr 2013
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Easy
Beautiful cake. I put baking powder in. Good job really. And I used raspberry jam to sandwich the cake.....lush
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23 Mar 2013
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Lovely cake, I added some baking powder to mine out of habbit, we also made some cup cakes as didn't want a double layered cake
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17 Mar 2013
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wellafter tasting this cake the flour question has gone as it is gorgeous really moist and chocolaty really lovely....
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15 Nov 2012
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tasted lovely but the sponge fell apart when lifted off the base of the cake tin. Also is the flour measurement correct?
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13 Nov 2012
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AMAZING!!! Perfect combination of ingredients!! All my family love this recipe so much that I have made 5 for different birthdays!! Thank you so much for sharing! LOve, love, love it!!
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22 Oct 2012
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followed the recipe to the letter and the result was a delicious cake. my first ever bake! kids loved it and asking for another. thanks
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20 Sep 2012
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Easy
I'm going to try this over the wk'end, looks delicious and reviews are good.
Claire1973 try this it converts it for you.
http://www.cakebaker.co.uk/baking-tin-size-conversion-calculator.html
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18 May 2012
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Easy
This recipe was great when I made it in two 7" cake tins but how do I increase it to make a 9" verison. For part of my wedding cake so any help would be great
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12 May 2012
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Easy
Really easy recipe !! Its now the family's favourite cake
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07 May 2012
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