Quick Bake Victoria Sponge Cake ( Microwave recipe)

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Comments: This is a microwave cooked cake. Use oven gloves to handle the hot cake and it's container, just like you would if it had been oven baked.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 6 minutes
Number of servings: About 6 servings


This is a modern cake method, using a microwave to cook the cake mixture. This is a very fast method for cake cooking. You will find that microwave cooking times vary, so adjust times to suit yours. Microwaved cakes do not brown like oven baked cakes, so icing or frosting can be used to make them a bit prettier.

• 6 oz butter
• 6 oz selfraising flour
• 6 oz sugar
• 3 eggs

• mixing bowl
• electric/hand whisk
• bowl,
• fork 
• a jug/ microwaveable bowl to cook it in.

Always wash your hands before preparing food.

1. weigh out yor ingredients
2. cream the butter and sugar
3. beat the eggs one by one and add them to you butter and sugar one by one and give it a tiny stir after you have added each egg
4. add in the flour gradually
5. add a tiny drop of milk to make it more moist than usual
6. tip you mixtre onto some sort of container
7. put it in the micro wave for 6 minutes
8. Tip - if your cake looks like it isnt cooked put it in the micro wave for one minute each time till you think it is cooked

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Name: Kevin	16th August 2017
Will it break if i cook it in a round mould and cut it in 2-3 circles.Is the cooking time the same for a 850 w microwave ?Thanx very Much for your reply

Name: Wayne	17th January 2017
Surprisingly good!

Name: Tricky	23rd October 2016
My 6 year old daughter and i just made this cake. We used caster sugar. Google coverted 6oz to 170g. Resulting sponge is just how i remember it when my Mum used to make this sponge in the microwave. Good result after 6mins 30seconds in 900w microwave using a large Pyrex dish. We used electric whisk and preparation was quick. Going to try adding jam or syrup next time :) Daughter very happy.

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