ABC Wednesday - C is for...!

Continuing my foodie theme for this round, after careful consideration, my chosen C is for Cakes - particularly, those of the Covered Market's Cake Shop that creates incredible Celebration Cakes!They include, very individual wedding commissions...And, creatively crafted Chocolate confections...
Now, although, I much admire the Cakes Shops creations, my only tasting was a considerable disappoint!
At a friends for Easter tea last year, my host produced one of their cakes...But, underneath the icing, rather than a rich fruit cake, was a extremely ordinary sponge cake, with a sickly butter cream & red coloured jam filling.
It was all show, dry texture & no flavour!
I guess I was over critical, not because of my own coquinating, [one of my Adopted Words, meaning to behave as a cook] but because, my friend Aunt J, use to bake an incredible Victoria Sandwich, never ever surpassed by anyone in my opinion.
Even my own Mother, a good cake cook, couldn't match the lightness & more important, the moistness of Aunt J's sponge.
And, I certainly never could - filled with lightly whipped fresh Cream & home-made Scottish Raspberry jam, it was heavenly - to die for.
I remember those Sunday afternoon teas with sweet nostalgia!

Aunt J followed the 'old school recipe' using Plain Flour, Cream of Tartar & Bicarbonate of Soda, instead of modern Self-raising Flour, and baked it in a coke fired Aga cooker.
Sadly now, confined to living with her son & diet conscious daughter-in-law Skyebird, she isn't allowed to cook any more, so her delicious sponge is lost to the world.
I do still have her old receipt, for those interested...
4 ozs soft Butter
3-3 1/2 ozs White Sugar
6 ozs Plain Flour
2 fresh farm Eggs
1 1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar
3/4 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Method - traditional creaming.
I have no oven temps or times, with a old temperamental Aga, it was down to experience & good judgement!

ABC Wednesday's creator is Denise, who's crafted a dedicated blog HERE!