What is Sponge cake?
[[File:Victoria Sponge Cake (250677289).jpeg|alt=|thumb|250x250px|A Victoria Sponge cake]] '''Sponge cake''' is a [[cake]] made of [[flour]] (usually [[wheat]] flour), [[sugar]], and [[egg (food)|egg]]s. == Victoria sponge == The '''Victoria sponge''' cake was named after [[Queen Victoria]], who ate a slice of sponge cake with her afternoon tea. It is usually called simply ''sponge cake''. A [[tradition]]al Victoria sponge cake has [[raspberry]] jam and whipped double cream or vanilla cream. If there is only jam, it is called 'jam sponge' and not a Victoria sponge. The jam and [[cream]] are between two sponge cakes; the top of the cake is not iced or [[wikt:decorate|decorated]]. Other names for the Victoria sponge are Victoria Sandwich and Victorian Cake, although 'Victorian Cake' is not used often. Bakers must be careful when it comes to [[cooking]] times and [[wikt:temperature|temperatures]]. Because of that, [[oven]] factories often use a Victoria sponge recipe to test their ovens.<ref>{{cite book| last = Treloar| first = R.D.| title = Gas Installation Technology| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GU_QCjFAaGEC&pg=PA318| year = 2005| publisher = Wiley| isbn = 978-1-4051-1880-4| page = 318 }}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Castella]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Cakes]] {{food-stub}}