Mini Victoria sponge

This is an old recipe I have been using since I first started baking when I was younger. I have customised it a bit (it used to be a fairy cake recipe), but the end result is delicious- soft mini cakes you can layer together and make into little mini victoria sponges. I have used a combination of jam and buttercream in the filling, however if you prefer fresh cream, you could use that instead.

Halve or double the quantities as needed to make the amount of cakes you require.


This recipe makes 24 mini cakes, but you are going to be putting 2 cakes together to form your mini victoria sponge, so it will make 12.


You will need:

• 300g unsalted butter, softened
• 300g caster sugar
• 300g Self Raising Flour
• 6 medium eggs

For the filling, you will need

Strawberry jam (approximately 6 tablespoons)
50g soft unsalted butter
100g icing sugar
A little extra icing sugar, for decoration.


Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Line 2 x 12-hole muffin tins with paper muffin cases. (Bake in batches if you have only 1 muffin tin.)

Place the butter, sugar, flour and eggs in a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until pale and creamy. Divide the mixture evenly between the paper cases and level the tops. Bake for 20 minutes until pale golden and just firm. Remove from the oven. When cool enough to handle, transfer the cakes to a wire rack to cool completely.


As the cakes are cooling, mix together your unsalted butter and icing sugar carefully. It may look as if there is too much icing sugar, but don't worry, the buttercream WILL come together.

After you are satisfied with the buttercream, and your cakes have cooled, trim the tops off half of them so they have a flat surface. Don't throw the trimmed tops away! You could freeze them and use them as sponge fingers in a trifle, or just store them away as little snacks.

Spread the flat surface cakes with half a tablespoon of buttercream and half a tablespoon of jam.

Top them with the other cakes that you have not trimmed.

Push icing sugar through a sieve and dust it on top of the finished mini victoria sponges.

Enjoy.