I recently blogged about a beautiful little Victoria Sponge Cake that I have purchased for the shop bakery display. This got me thinking about eating some Victoria Sponge Cake and wonderering if it really is named after Queen Victoria herself. Just in case you haven’t had the good fortune to eat a slice (or 3)Continue reading “The Victoria Sandwich cake”
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Pen portraits – part 2: Queen Victoria
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and Empress of India (1876-1901). Her reign was the longest of any monarch in British history and came to be known as the Victorian era. She reigned for exactly sixty-three years, seven months, and two days (June 20, 1837 – January 22,Continue reading “Pen portraits – part 2: Queen Victoria”
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