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Hi,
I normally use a madeira cake mix for deep cakes but can I use victoria sponge mix? If so, what recipe can I use for a 14″ square tin please?
Maggie

Can you also tell me oven temp and length of time please. Thank you

Hi Maggie

Take a look in the baking section for Mrs Jones’ deep vanilla cake recipe. Mrs Jones recommends adding an extra 10% flour to her recipe if you intend icing it. She also has her madeira recipe which is slightly less traditional with a more moist texture.

I definitely would not recommend baking one deep 14” cake. That amount of batter would take a long time to bake. As it is a square cake, the corners will be very vulnerable to burning with an additional risk of the cake being dry.

I suggest baking the cake in two shallower parts. Each part to bake for approximately 50 – 60 minutes, checking two thirds in of the time of baking. I’ve never done a 14” cake therefore, unable to give a definitive answer on timing. Keep to the give temperature of the recipe and keep an eye and nose on the baking. Hope this helps.?

Thank you. What temp of oven and length of time for Mrs Jones Madeira cake 12″ square please as it doesn’t specify?
Maggie

I have answered this query in your ‘Time’ post.