Rav Gill mini Victoria sponge cakes with lemon syrup and Swiss meringue buttercream recipe on Saturday Kitchen

Ravneet Gill served up delicious mini Victoria sponge cakes with lemon syrup, Swiss meringue buttercream and fresh strawberries on Saturday Kitchen.

The ingredients for the sponges are: 180g unsalted butter, softened, 20ml neutral oil, 200g golden caster sugar, 4 free-range eggs, 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, pinch salt, 200g self-raising flour, For the lemon syrup, 150g caster sugar and 2 lemons, juice only.

For the Swiss meringue buttercream: 150g caster sugar, 3 large free-range egg whites, 225g unsalted butter, pinch salt flakes and 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped.

For the cream: 300ml double cream, pinch salt and 1 tbsp icing sugar.

To serve: 400g fresh strawberries




See recipes by Rav in her book titled: Sugar, I Love You: Knockout recipes to celebrate the sweeter things in life available from Amazon now.