Mary Berry has shared that her most beloved cake is a classic Vicky sponge.

“If it’s a favourite bake, it would be the Victoria sandwich,” she said during a Q&A at The Castle Hotel, Windsor, while promoting her new book Mary 90: My Very Best Recipes.

But according to the baking legend, many of us are overcomplicating the iconic recipe.

She said that though her mother used to make her own version of the recipe, Mary’s version has “changed over the years that I’ve been baking” – and, she said, her recipe is “much easier” and “better”.

Mary doesn’t bother creaming her ingredients separately

Though common culinary wisdom has it that creaming butter and sugar together before adding the rest of the ingredients leads to a lighter, fluffier cake, Mary no longer bothers with the extra step

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