Victoria Sandwich, a birthday cake for moi!
*Disclaimer : I didn’t make this!
The cooking virus in this household is contagious! Everyone is in the cooking mood, and even Mr H decided to bake a classic Victoria Sandwich for my birthday! A total Iron Chef baked-off! It is very thoughtful of him to bake me a birthday cake, he even called up his mum in UK and asked for the recipe! I am honored.
The good ole mum’s secret recipe works like a treat. The cake is soft and delicious, with extra icing and jam filling for self indulgence. I don’t particularly like to celebrate birthday, is just another year older, more wrinkles, and no more wiser. I think the best thing about birthday is having a yummy birthday cake. That’s what is all about. 
And here’s Mr H sharing his “secret” recipe. He said the secret is the weight of the flour, butter and sugar should be the same as the weight of the 3 eggs you using.
Ingredients
1. 3 Eggs
2. Self raising flour (same weight as 3 eggs)
3. Caster Sugar (same weight as 3 eggs)
4. Butter (same weight as 3 eggs, softened)
5. 1 tbsp Vanilla Essence
6. Strawberry Jam
7. Icing Sugar (we used ready-made Betty Crocker icing)
Method
1. Blend butter and sugar together until mix well together with a wooden spoon.
2. Add 1 egg and 1/3 of flour into the mix and keeps blending.
3. Then add 2nd egg and 2nd 1/3 of flour and keeps blending.
4. Add 3rd egg and 3rd 1/3 of flour and keeps blending until soft and fluffy.
5. Add vanilla essence and fold it in with the wooden spoon.
6. Pour half the mix in a cake tin, and the other half into another one.
7. Bake them in a pre heat oven at 180°C for around 20-25 minutes.
8. Set aside let it cool down for few minutes, then take it out of the cake tins.
9. Spread the strawberry jam evenly on one of the cake.
10. Ice – and as is the family tradition – create a snow scene.
11. Sprinkle some hundreds and thousands as final touch.
Enjoy!
A Table For Two (ATFT) is Billy Law's food blog that features best eats in Sydney and around the world with drool-worthy food photography to salivate your appetite. I also throw in a smidgen of my food and travel photography for good measure. Billy Law also happened to be a contestant on MasterChef Australia 2011. 
From one October baby to another – Happy Birthday!
Mine isn’t until later this month but it would be nice if someone made me this lovely cake too. I wish! 
Hope you had a good day.
Happy Birthday! Lucky you, that cake looks delicious!
Thank you all for the wishes…
Wow, looks sooooo good!
Now I want to bake this, ’cause it’s a friend’s birthday.
‘same weight as 3 eggs’ do you mean the weight with or without eggshell?
I am very excited to make this, yumm!
Yo! Happy birthday! Got eat two eggs or not?
Happy Birthday sweet!
oh crap happy belated bday!