Fit for a Queen!

Victoria Sponge Anyone?  

It's Queen Victoria's birthday today...

so I think this calls for some Victoria Sponge!

 Queen Victoria

Yes, Victoria Sponge is named after Queen Victoria

and it was her favorite cake!

Whenever I visit London, 

I love to walk the grounds of Kensington Palace and see the 

Queen Victoria statue.  

Last year after tea at the Orangery, 

I could not find the Queen Victoria statue.  I discovered after our trip that the statue 

was being re-stored during Kensington Palace's two year refurbishment. 

The Queen Victoria statue was erected in 1893

celebrating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. 

The statue suffered shrapnel damage during World War II 

and has been now restored to her former glory.  

 I will look for her again on my next trip to London!

 Victoria Sponge 

On our trip to England last year,

I tasted Victoria Sponge for the first time at

 The Orangery at Kensington Palace 

(photo above)

and  at 

The Regency Tea Room

in the Jane Austen Center in Bath, England

(top photo).

Both Victoria Sponges were

 "fit for a Queen"!

Did you know that,

Queen Elizabeth II 

is Queen Victoria's great-great-great granddaughter and 

 Victoria Sponge

 is one of Queen Elizabeth's favorite cakes, too!

I'm off now to my kitchen to practice making 

Mini Victoria Sponge Cakes

for my upcoming Diamond Jubilee tea parties!