Perfecting Victoria Sponge
Asked on 21 Jun 2021 by marj
Hello, I’d love to be able to bake a good Victoria sponge but when I make a sponge cake it always sinks in the middle. I have checked my oven temperature, raising agent and haven’t opened the door during cooking. I’m not sure about how to tell whether I am overbearing the mixture or not and also whether to use spreadable butter of normal butter. Hope you can help. Thank you.
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Hello,
Either butter should work.
I’m assuming you’re dividing the mixture between 2 sandwich tins and baking it on the centre shelf at a convectional oven setting (top and bottom heat without a fan).
If so, it sounds like your cake is underbaked if it always sinks.
Perhaps give it 5 more minutes next time.
Kind regards
Lindsey