Blueberry Victoria Sponge

Most people make Victoria Sponge with Strawberry so I thought it would be different and interesting to try another Fruit.

Ingredients

250 grams of Golden Caster Sugar
250 Grams of Butter
4 Eggs
250 Grams of self-raising Flour
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
170 ml of Double Cream
4-5 Tbsp of Blueberry Jam
Icing sugar to decorate

 Method

1)  Grease and line two 20 cm Sandwich tins
2)  Place the Sugar and butter in a make mixing and beat until pale and creamy
3) Add the eggs one at a time and continue to beat
4) The Fold in the flour , Lemon zest , and Vanilla and bake for 25 minutes at  180 oC
5)  Leave to cool on a wire rack
6) Then Whip up the Double cream and cover the bottom sponge ,  and spread the blueberry jam on the other Sponge and sandwich together
7)  Decorate with Icing Sugar and Enjoy



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