Victoria Sponge Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 oz. powdered sugar
6 oz. butter or margarine
6 oz. self-rising flour or plain flour with 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla essence
1/2 c. milk

Preparation

Sieve the flour.
Take out the butter from the refrigerator 1 hour in advance.
Cream the butter and sugar very well. When mixture is light and creamy, add the eggs, one at a time, beating each time thoroughly.
If the mixture curdles while adding eggs, add a little flour before adding the next egg.
Fold in the flour and add milk until the mixture forms a dropping consistency.
Add vanilla essence.
Grease and dust two 7-inch diameter tins.
Pour 1/2 the mixture into each of the two tins.
Bake in a hot oven at 400\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Cool the cake.