let’s bake cake: mini Victoria sandwiches

by Sandra Slawinski | 28 September 2016

Let’s bake! Part of a trilogy of cake making, my first cake post is a classic: mini Victoria sandwiches with a butter filling and fresh raspberries.

I am not a regular baker but I do find myself more and more drawn to making cake. I started with a basic batter called “quatre quarts” in French as it’s 4 ingredients of the same weight: simple!

I also have a savoury cake with zucchini and made an attempt to bake a chocolate beetroot cake. Soon on the blog!

“Let them eat cake” well yes Madame, let’s indeed. I have to be honest I ate the entire afternoon the rest of the cake while taking pics and working on the post. Calorie bomb or what!

Need for 4 mini sandwiches:

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