Football it is

blowing out the candles

This year for Zack's birthday he designed his own cake and I produced it. Entirely built on Victoria Sponge - both the main cake and the cupcakes - and then iced with the design in bright buttercream icing. He was thrilled. I guess it was an interpretation of football - a green "pitch" with cupcakes with black and white chevrons on them. He loved it, I guess I cut the grade :) #yippee

Victoria Sponge

Nigella's Victoria Sponge recipe is easy to make with great results. Only thing I would change was to try and make it even lighter.

Victoria Sponge

Annie & Clare came for supper on Tuesday night, and I felt inspired. I chose the Victoria Sponge recipe from Nigella's Domestic Goddess book, and went ahead and made it. The actual cake came out really nicely - well risen, golden colour and good texture. I suppose a part of me had expected it to be lighter, but there you go. I covered the cake in raspberry jam (home made by a B&B we stayed in near Tonbridge Wells). Annie sliced up the strawberries so that the assembly was a work-of-art, and we dolloped cream on top of that before adding the second layer. It was superb.