Easy Victoria Cake with STRAWBERRY jam.

Easy Victoria Cake with STRAWBERRY jam.
(for 8 pers., preparation: + - 1/2 h., cooling down: + - 1/2 h.)

You need:

For the cake:
- 225 gr. soft butter
- 225 gr. caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
- 225 gr. self-raising flour
- 2 round tins of 20 c. diameter, greased
- Greaseproof baking paper
- 2 grid/ wire rack (to put the cake(s) on to cool off)
- a sieve
For the filling:
- 300 ml. whipped cream, extra creamy or mixed with mascarpone, your choice  ;-)
- 150 gr. strawberry jam, heated
- icing sugar
- A spatula
- a large baking tray

Preparation:

For the cake:

Preheat the oven to 190 ° C. Beat the butter with the sugar until light and frothy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well. Then add the vanilla essence. Sift in the flour and mix until you have a smooth batter. Line the bottom of the greased baking tins with the greaseproof baking paper. Spoon the dough into the tins and then put them in the oven for 25 to 30 min., until the dough looks golden and feels springy. Place your large baking tray under the wire rack (incase you have some drips (called bleedings) of the jam or cream). Allow 5 min. to cool in the tins and then place on the wire rack to cool completely.

For the filling:

Whip the cream firmly (the firmer the better, remember: you should be able to turn the bowl upside down without the cream falling out !!). Place one of the cakes reverse on the grid/wire rack and apply the warm jam (warm is the jam good sticky) on it . Scoop the cream over the jam with the spatula and now place the other cake on top, with the nice side up. As finish dust with the icing sugar. Now enjoy !!

TIP:

You can even bake just 1 cake and cut him in half, after being cooled off thoroughly, and then cover with jam and whipped cream. Put pieces of strawberry in, that makes it extra tasty. And you can always use another jam. Play with the possibilities, my dear Sweetypies, because they are infinite. Have fun !!!!

Eat them,

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