Vegan Victoria Sponge Cake

This vegan Victoria sponge cake is a vegan take on the classic English recipe, two layers of rich and moist vanilla sponge cake filled with vegan buttercream and strawberry jam.

WHAT IS VICTORIA SPONGE CAKE?:

Victoria sponge cake, also known as Victoria sandwich, is the quintessential British cake. It is named after queen Victoria, who reportedly liked a slice with her afternoon tea.

It is comprised of two layers of buttery vanilla cake filled with jam and cream or buttercream. It is often baked as a birthday cake, for afternoon tea, or just because it’s Tuesday.

The Victoria sponge cake is an English baking classic. Make it alongside some delicious  vegan scones  for the perfect English tea!

It’s a simple vanilla sponge cake with a filling of buttercream (or whipped cream) and jam. It’s named a Victoria sponge because Queen Victoria was a big fan.

The cake recipe is based on our  vegan vanilla cake and the buttercream is based on our  vegan buttercream frosting .

We decided to go with a buttercream filling instead of a whipped cream filling because my feeling was that a whipped cream filling could make the cake much too slippy slidey! But of course if you want to use whipped cream then our   vegan whipped cream recipe will also work great.

The Victoria sponge cake is an English baking classic. Make it alongside some delicious  vegan scones for the perfect English tea!

It’s a simple vanilla sponge cake with a filling of buttercream (or whipped cream) and jam. It’s named a Victoria sponge because Queen Victoria was a big fan.

The cake recipe is based on our vegan vanilla cake and  the buttercream is based on our  our vegan buttercream frosting.

We decided to go with a buttercream filling instead of a whipped cream filling because my feeling was that a whipped cream filling could make the cake much too slippy slidey! But of course if you want to use whipped cream then our  vegan whipped cream recipe will also work great.

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