Victoria Sandwich
Flavoring ingredients (choose one):
Lemon—6 drops lemon extract and
grated peel of 1 lemon
Chocolate—3 tbsp. cocoa mixed with enough water or milk to make a stiff paste
Coffee—1 heaping tbsp. instant coffee mixed with 1 tbsp. boiling water
Cake ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 c. (1 stick) margarine or butter
1/2 c. superfine sugar
1 c. plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
sifted together with 2 tsp. baking powder
1.Mix flavoring of your choice in a cup and set aside.
2.In a medium bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer until frothy. In a large bowl, beat margarine or butter and sugar until light and frothy.
3.Add a little egg to margarine/sugar mixture and beat well. Add a little of the flour and baking powder mixture and beat. Repeat alternate additions of egg and flour, beating constantly until all is well blended.
4.Preheat the oven to 375°F. Meanwhile, add flavoring to batter and beat well. Grease and lightly flour the sides and bottom of two 7-inch cake pans about 11/2 inches deep.
5.Spoon equal amounts of cake mixture into each pan and spread evenly with a spatula. Make the center a little lower than the sides because the center always rises more.
6.Bake cakes in the middle to upper
part of the oven for 20 minutes, or until their edges come away from the pans. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pans. Then tip cakes onto wire racks to cool completely.
Frosting ingredients:
11/2 c. powdered sugar
4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) margarine flavoring (choose one from list below)
Flavoring ingredients for frosting (choose one):
Lemon—6 drops lemon extract
mixed with a little lemon juice and grated peel of half a lemon
Chocolate—11/2 tbsp. cocoa sifted together with the powdered sugar and mixed with a little water
Coffee—1 tsp. instant coffee mixed with a little hot water
1.Beat sugar and margarine together
with an electric mixer until completely smooth.
2.Mix flavoring of your choice and
add sugar/margerine mixture. (For chocolate frosting, you will already have mixed the sugar into the flavoring. Now beat flavoring and margarine together.)
3.To assemble cake, place one cake
bottom-side-up on a serving plate and spread the top with half the frosting.
4.Place other cake right-side-up on top and press gently. Then spread the top with remaining frosting.
Preparation time: cake—25 minutes,
(plus 10 minutes to cool)
frosting—10 minutes
Baking time: 20 minutes
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