British Cake
A Victoria sponge held together with jam and a layer of cream. A fruitcake older than the wedding it was made for. A lemon drizzle on a Sunday tea tray. The British cake is what comes out at four o’clock with the kettle.
Featured british cake recipes
- Victoria sponge, the proper one — Iris · London · Equal weights of butter, sugar, eggs, flour. Raspberry jam. Powdered sugar on top.
- Lemon drizzle loaf — Iris · London · A sponge loaf, lemon-syrup poured over warm. Sticks to the tin until it doesn’t.
- Christmas cake, brandy-fed — Iris · London · A heavy fruitcake, brandy-fed for six weeks, marzipan, royal icing. Begun in October.
- Simnel cake, eleven apostles — Iris · London · A lightly-fruited Easter cake. Marzipan top, eleven balls of marzipan around the edge.
- Battenberg, pink-and-yellow check — Iris · London · Two coloured sponges joined with apricot jam, wrapped in marzipan, sliced to show the check.
- Dundee cake, almond top — Iris · Dundee, Scotland · A lighter fruit cake topped with concentric circles of blanched almonds.
- Coffee and walnut cake — Iris · London · A two-layer sponge, coffee-buttercream, a single walnut on each slice.
- Carrot cake, the British version — Iris · London · Slightly less spice than the American. Always cream cheese, sometimes orange zest.
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