Victoria Sponge

[jennyjoan]

When I look at recipes for the above and may be some other recipes - it sometimes mentions butter - now I only use easy spread butter on my bread etc. Does the butter mean the "hard" butter or can you use the easy spread. Thanks

[EDDIE51]

It means 'hard' butter.It is the fat content that matters, easy spreads are not full fat they can be as little as 49% fat, the rest is water. So using 'soft spread' will mean you have too little fat in the cake mix.You can use full fat margarine ( such as 'Stork for Cakes') in place of butter.

[jennyjoan]

Thanks for that Eddie - can I ask since I forgot - would the butter be salted or unsalted.

[ubasses]

Some of the tubs have a tick list on the pack, worth looking to see if yours has. I use stork for cakes which is soft and beats in quicker which I prefer to the hard one.

[EDDIE51]

Salted or unsalted does not really matter for cakes, but I always use salted.

[LyndaB]

I always use stork for cakes - it's easier to mix and I find that the cakes keep better than if I've used butter. Given half a chance, that is!