Recipe: Orange & Almond Victoria Sponge


Step your Victoria sponge game up a notch using Clarence Court eggs. Using a mix of
whole eggs, gorgeous orange yolks and ground almonds to make a beautifully soft golden
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Hide Adsponge. Flavoured with a little orange zest and filled with whipped cream and raspberry jam
it’ll become and easy favourite.
PREP TIME: 20 minutes
COOK TIME: 25 - 30 minutes
Serves 6-8
Ingredients:
130g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon fine salt
100g ground almonds
175g unsalted butter, softened
300g golden caster sugar
Zest of 2 oranges
3 Clarence Court Large Burford Brown eggs
4 Clarence Court Large Burford Brown egg yolks (around 250g whole eggs and yolks)
1 teaspoon almond essence
175ml milk
3 tablespoons good quality raspberry jam
100g fresh raspberries
250ml fresh double cream
Icing sugar
Method:
Grease and line the bases of 2 x 20cm round sandwich tins. Preheat the oven to 170c/330 f/
gas mark 3.
Mix together the plain flour, baking powder, salt in a small mixing bowl. Sieve into a larger
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and add the caster sugar, beat together for a few minutes until light and fluffy. Finely grate in
the orange zest. Whisk the eggs and yolks together in a bowl. With the mixer still running
gradually add the eggs with a spoon or two of the flour mix. Add the almond essence to the
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Hide Admilk. Add 1 third of the flour mix, then half the milk mix and beat for a few seconds. Add the
the second third, followed by the final half of the flour mix, beat for a few more seconds then
fold in the final third of flour mix until just all mixed in.
Divide the mixture between the prepared baking tins, smooth and level off the mixture. Place
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the sponge, if it comes out clean it’s ready. Allow the sponges to sit in their tins for 5 minutes
before turning out on to a cooling rack until totally cool.
Before you’re ready to serve, mix the jam in a small bowl until it’s easier to spread. Place
one of the sponges on a serving board and spread the jam on top. Softly whip the cream
and spoon over the jam layer. Place the other sponge on top and scatter over the
raspberries. Dust over a little icing sugar and serve.