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A Victoria cake is also known as the Victoria sandwich or Victoria Sponge cake is basically two layers of sponge cake with raspberry/strawberry jam and whipped double cream or vanilla cream in the middle.
The top of the cake is decorated and dusted with icing sugar.
Photos of a Victoria sponge cake from UK's Sainsbury.
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The one at Maxim’s doesn’t quite look like a Victoria cake because it is topped with berries and these berries are probably there to make it worth $80 (small)/$148 (large).
Frankly $80 is overpriced and in general ALL bakeries in Hong Kong are overpriced.
You can get Victoria cakes for around HKD$20-40 in the UK and the high-end cakes are still cheaper than Hong Kong.
There were two Victoria cakes, a chocolate version and a Vanilla version but to be honest, there is no such thing as a Chocolate Victoria cake although it may be a modern thing.
Anyway, I didn’t have any expectations because most of their cakes are local style but I tried both anyway.
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Vanilla Victoria Cake:
Pretty good with decent cream but the jam was in the middle and not evenly distributed.
The sponge cake was light and fluffy.
I would have given top marks for this cake if it wasn’t for the silly strawberries on top and the stupid biscuit base.
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Chocolate Victoria Cake:
Evidently a delicious Black Forest cake filled with delicious cherries in the middle which tastes better than their so-called Black Forest cakes that they sell!
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