Basic Victoria sponge cake recipe -. Ingredients:. 225g butter. 225g caster sugar. 4 eggs. 225g self-raising flour. 1 tsp vanilla essence. Method:. Cream together the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs and vanilla essence. Once smooth and creamy, fold in the flour. |--| Pour in to a greased cake tin and bake in the oven at 180degrees for approximately 40 minutes, until golden brown and a knife comes out clean. Buttercream recipe -. 600g icing sugar, sifted. 300g unsalted or salted butter, softened. optional flavouring. Beat the ingredients together. |--| To see more of my cakes and creations please visit my pages below-. Facebook.