No, but it might have been named in her honor, like the Melba toast and Melba peach taking their names from the Australian Opera singer.
Queen Victoria
The Victoria sandwich was named for Queen Victoria who liked them with her afternoon tea. It is a sponge cake sandwich filled with jam and whipped cream.
because Queen Victoria liked a slice of sponge cake with her afternoon tea.
Your probably mean Victorian sponge cake. It was probably popular during the The Victorian era in England during Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 until 1901. Sponge cake has been reported from as early as 1420! That's old.No, it's VICTORIA sponge , and was named in her honor during her reign. They are good sellers in gourmet bake shops to this day , and can be mail ordered as well, so even Americans can have one.
Victoria Sponge
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Victoria sponge, any form of chocolate, or vanilla cake. buns in muffin cases.
cream and jam
Victoria Sponge Cake
After the death of Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria spent time at her house on the Isle of Wight, withdrawing herself from society. In order to inspire the monarch to get back into the swing of civic duties, Queen Victoria was encouraged to host tea parties, at which the soon-to-be-known-as Victoria sponge cake was served. Victoria sponges became fashionable throughout Victorian England, and also became the measure of the home-baker.
Queen Victoria's wedding cake was 300 pounds. It was covered with sugar. All that is known about what it was made of was that it was described as one of the "most exquisite compounds of all the rich things with which the most expensive cakes can be composed, mingled and mixed together into delightful harmony by the most elaborate science of the confectioner." For more information, please refer to the related link.
It either refers to a sponge cake (such as a Victoria sponge), or a kind of pre-ferment used in breadmaking. The context will clarify which it means.