Chocolate Victoria Sponge Cake

Can add orange for a chocolate orange flavour

Ingredients

For the recipe  Chocolate Victoria Sponge Cake

For the Cake:

225 g	Butter or Margarine (8oz)
225 g	Caster Sugar (8 oz)
175 g	Self-Raising Flour (6 oz) Sieved
50	Dr. Oetker Fine Dark Cocoa Powder (x2 sachets/50g or 2 oz)
4	Medium Eggs

For the Icing:

75 g	Unsalted Butter (3 oz)
175 g	Icing Sugar (6 oz) plus extra to dust
45	Dr. Oetker Fine Dark Cocoa Powder (45g/3 tbsp)
about 10 ml	Milk or warm water

Preparation

1

Chocolate Victoria Sponge Cake

Pre-heat oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line two 20cm (8 inch) sandwich tins.

2

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and if the mixture starts to curdle, add a little flour.

3

Fold in the remaining flour and the cocoa powder with a metal spoon.

4

Divide the mixture between the two tins and bake for approx. 25 minutes until golden brown and firm to the touch. Remove from oven and leave to cool before turning out onto a cooling rack.

5

To make the butter icing, place the butter in a bowl and beat until soft. Gradually sift and beat in the icing sugar and then add enough milk / water to make the icing fluffy and spreadable. Sift and beat the cocoa powder in to the icing and use it to sandwich the two sponges together.

6

Dust the top of the cake lightly with the sieved icing sugar.

Nutritional Information for the recipe Chocolate Victoria Sponge Cake