Cake #210 - Blackberry Cake

Friday Feast - Victoria Sandwich with Fresh Blackberries and Cream Cheese and Whipped Cream.

Victoria Sandwich

Sponge

200 g soft butter

200 g granulated sugar

4 eggs

200 g self-raising flour

1.5 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp cream or milk

Filling

200 g fresh blackberries

200 ml fresh cream, whipped

200 g cream cheese

2 tbsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla sugar

icing sugar

1. Heat the oven to 190 degrees C (375 F) and grease and flour a Ø 24 cm cake pan.

2. Mix together the dry ingredients.

3. Cream together butter and sugar.

4. Add eggs and mix well.

5. Add the dry ingredients and cream or milk.

6. Pour the mixture into the pan. 

7. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until solid in the middle.

8. Let cool completely on a rack.

9. Whip the cream together with sugars and beat in the cream cheese until smooth.

10. Cut the sponge in half.

11. Spread the cream cheese mixture on the bottom layer, then place the berries on the cream.

12. Place carefully the other half of the cake on the filled half. Do not press - otherwise the cream and berries will come out...

13. Finally, sift icing sugar on top.