Mary Berry's Victoria Sponge

[jmc296]

I've just made this, using the FEC recipe as a guide for the order of doing things and Mary's ingredient quantities.  I followed the advice to use the butterfly to whisk the mixture after mixing the egg, sugar and fat and before adding the flour and the results look amazing.  I haven't tasted any yet but if it tastes like it looks it's a winner.  It's risen beautifully.
Fingers crossed for the tasting now!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mary_berrys_perfect_34317 - see Thermomix conversion below.

(apologies if someone else has already posted similar - there are so many threads here!)

J x

[cookie1]

I have looked at a lot of Mary Berry's recipes and perhaps one day with get one or two of her books.  She isn't that well known over here. This  sounds very nice.

[jmc296]

She's been going for a very long time in GB - decades rather than years - but it's only comparatively recently she's really hit the 'big time' with the programme 'The Great British Bake-Off'.  She comes over as a very gracious, very knowledgeable lady and her recipes are a bit like Delia's - sure to work.
I think you'd like her books.

J

[Halex]

What are the quantites of the ingredients? Would love to give this a go

[droverjess]

Here's the link to the recipe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mary_berrys_perfect_34317

Good cooking.

[jmc296]

Here's the adapted recipe with all credit and acknowledgement to Mary Berry for the ingredients and to FEC for the method.

Mary Berry’s Victoria sandwich
adapted for Thermione

Preheat oven to 170 (180 for non fan)
Prepare 2 cake tins by greasing and placing circle of parchment in the base of each tin.


4 free range eggs
Put the eggs into the bowl and beat at 5/few seconds


225g caster sugar
225 fat (soft butter, baking spread or the equivalent)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Add the sugar, the fat and the vanilla.  Mix 40 secs/speed 7
Add butterfly.  Whisk 3 mins/speed 4
Remove butterfly


225g SR flour
2 tsp baking powder
Mix at speed 3-4 in pulses of about 3 seconds until all is combined.
Scrape down the sides and mix once more.  The mixture should be of a dropping consistency

Divide the mixture between the two tins and bake for 25 mins.  Check after 20 mins.

Remove from the oven and let them cool in the trays for about 5 mins, then turn out onto a cooling rack.
Fill/ice when cold.

[Halex]

Thank you, will make it this week

[jmc296]

Just one more thing - after the butterfly whisking it looked as it if had curdled, but it hadn't, it was just the 'pattern' created by the whisking.  I had a quick '&$)*^£' moment there though!   

J

[meganjane]

Thanks J, I'll have a go at this later today. Sounds like it would make nice cup cakes too.

[droverjess]

Yesterday I made a one egg sponge.
One egg, weight of butter, sugar and SR flour, scant half tsp BP and tiny  dollop of milk.
All at once in  just mixed until all smooth.
Put on top of some large plums and baked -a very good pudding.
Didn't use butterfly as so small a mix.

Delicious!

[meganjane]

DJ, that sounds great too. I bought some plums today to make a plum sponge. I made individual ones last week that were well received, but was in Albany and I didn't have my TM. Had to use the KA...