Gaby's Victoria sandwich

Name: Gaby's Victoria sandwich
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 140 grams butter, softened; 140 grams caster sugar; 2 eggs; 140 grams plain flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon milk; 100 grams butter, very soft; 140 grams icing sugar, plus extra for dusting; 2 Tbsps strawberry or raspberry jam; 1 serving hundreds and thousands, to decorate

Gaby's Victoria sandwich might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre collection. This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe serves 8. One serving contains 445 calories, 3g of protein, and 26g of fat. A mixture of hundreds and thousands, icing sugar, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Healthier Victoria sandwich, Classic Victoria sandwich, and Queen Victoria's Radish Sandwich.

Instructions

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas

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Oven

Grease and line 2 x 20cm sandwich tins. Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric whisk until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, followed by the flour and baking powder.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Add enough milk to the mixture so that it falls off a spoon easily. Divide between the tins and bake for 20 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack and cool.

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Milk

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Wire Rack

Oven

Skewers

To make the filling, beat the butter until smooth, then gradually beat in icing sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Butter

Spread butter cream on one cake up to the edges.

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Butter

Spread

Cream

Spread a layer of strawberry jam on top.

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Strawberry Jam

Spread

Put the second cake on top and squash it down so the butter cream sticks out a bit. Press hundreds and thousands onto the butter cream with a teaspoon. This is messy, so put the cake plate on a tray to catch any that escape. Dust the top with icing sugar, if you like.

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Powdered Sugar

Butter

Squash