[Sca-cooks] victorian sponges

[johnna007h at netscape.net]

You might send a nice note along to Browns directly.
They have a homepage at www.brownshotel.com.  
I would guess that there are about as many variations
 of a "victorian sponge" as there are US versions of "brownies."
Given that you are trying to reproduce the Browns Hotel
version of the sponge cake this might provide a more exact
recipe for the one that your mom remembers.
Another alternative is to try through one of the
travel/gourmet magazines that have those you asked
for it columns where an editor reprints recipes from
restaurants that people have traveled to.

Johnna Holloway



> Help please, with a request for my mom.  She went to England last year
> and had afternoon tea at Brown's Hotel in London.  There she fell in love
> with a cake that I have identified as Victoria Sponge Cake.  It was served
> layer style, with a jam filling and some kind of frosting/icing on top.  Does
> anyone have a recipe that will come close to what is served at Brown's, so I
> can make some for her?  I've found a number of recipes on the web, but not
> all of the Victoria sponge cakes fit her description.  I don't know (and Mom
> can't remember) what kind of jam, kind of frosting, etc.
>
> Much thanks!
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
> mka Robin Carroll-Mann  ***  


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