Victoria sponge cake - video recipe !

Ingredients

The cake :

• 1.5 cup flour
• 2 sticks butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Assembly :

• 7 fl oz whipping cream
• 1 tbsp sugar
• strawberry marmelade

Preparation

• In a bowl, put softened butter and sugar, and beat until it's creamy. Add vanilla extract, then eggs one by one, beat the batter each time.
• Then add half the flour, previously sieved, then the remaining flour, then baking powder, beating the batter every time.
  
• Grease an 8 inches mould, then pour the batter in it. Bake for 50 minutes at 340°F (170°C) (check with a knife if it's well cooked).
• While the cake is getting cold, prepare whipped cream :
  Pour the very cold cream in a bowl, then whip it. Add sugar step by step while whipping until it's stiff.
  
• Once the cake has cooled down, cut it in half, and spread some strawberry marmelade on it.
• Then put the whipped cream on top of the marmelade.
  
• Put back the top of the cake, and sprinkle with icing sugar.
  
  You are ready for tea time !

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