Victoria Sponge Cake

Is there a cake more classic than the humble Victoria Sponge?! With this simple crochet pattern you can make a sumptuous slice of the quintessential sponge cake, filled with buttercream and jam!

Finished size: the cake slice measures 8cm wide x 10cm long x 6cm high.

Materials: Paintbox Yarns Simply DK, 15g Vanilla Cream (for sponge cake), 10g Champagne White (for icing and buttercream), 5g Red Wine (for jam); crochet hook size 3.5mm; stuffing; tapestry needle for sewing in ends; scissors.

The pattern is written in standard UK crochet terminology and is suitable for beginners, with the top and base worked back and forth in rows and the sides worked as rounds. The main stitch used is the half treble crochet, and you can find a tutorial for this stitch right here - https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/c/article/how-to-half-double-crochet