Starbucks Victoria Sponge Cake Slices
Two layers of moist vanilla sponge cake filled with a rich buttercream frosting and raspberry jam decorated with a dusting powder
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Allergens: EGG, ALMONDS, WHEAT, MILK
Prices from Starbucks UK delivery partners. In store prices are usually lower and vary by location.
About the Victoria Sponge Cake Slices
Starbucks Victoria Sponge Cake Slices carry 497 calories with 49g of sugar. A vanilla sponge layered with jam and buttercream, sold by the slice.
49g of sugar is the highest figure of any item Starbucks UK sells, food or drink. That is around twelve teaspoons in one slice, ahead of the chocolate muffin at 44g and every Frappuccino on the board. A Venti Caramel Frappuccino does not reach it.
Three separate sugar sources stacked together explain it. The sponge itself is a classic equal weights recipe, jam is roughly 60 percent sugar by weight, and buttercream is more sugar than butter by a considerable margin. None of the three is unusual on its own; the combination is what produces the figure.
Sold by the slice rather than by the cake is worth noting when comparing it to anything else in the case. A slice is a portion someone else decided, and Starbucks cuts generously; the same sponge cut into ten rather than eight would drop every figure on this page by a fifth without changing the recipe at all.
Saturated fat at 14g is high and comes almost entirely from the buttercream, sitting level with a butter croissant. Fibre is 3.1g, protein 5g and salt 0.66g, all unremarkable.
Victoria sponge is the oldest recipe in the case and the one least changed by a chain kitchen. It takes its name from a queen who had a slice with afternoon tea, and the method has barely moved since: equal weights of egg, butter, sugar and flour, jam through the middle, sugar over the top. Almost nothing else Starbucks sells carries that much continuity behind it.
None of the delivery partners lists this one, so the price above stays blank rather than guessed at. It is one of thirteen items across the whole menu in that position, and the only one in the Bakery case.
Egg, almonds, wheat and milk are declared here, and no diet labelling is published. The almonds are worth flagging, since a traditional Victoria sponge contains none and their presence here points to ground almonds in the crumb. The carrot cake is the other large cake slice at £4.50.
Starbucks Victoria Sponge Cake Slices Nutrition
How to Make a Victoria Sponge Cake Slices at Home
The original weighs the eggs and matches everything else to them, which is why it works with any size of egg.
Ingredients
Sponge
Filling
Method
0 of 5 stepsTips
- Weigh the eggs. It is the reason this recipe has survived unchanged and it works every time.
- Cream the butter and sugar for longer than feels necessary. Five minutes, not two.
- Fully cold before filling. There is no way to rescue melted buttercream.
Variations
- Whipped cream instead of buttercream, which cuts the sugar sharply and does not keep.
- Strawberry jam and fresh strawberries, which is the summer version.
- A lemon curd filling instead of jam.
Dusted with icing sugar, cut with a hot dry knife so the buttercream does not drag.
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Find Victoria Sponge Cake Slices Near You
1,378 Starbucks stores across the UK, with opening times for every day of the week.
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How much is Victoria Sponge at Starbucks UK?
None of them lists it, so the price above stays blank instead of estimated. In store it sits with the carrot cake, which starts at £4.50.
Which Starbucks item has the most sugar?
This one, at 49g a slice, around twelve teaspoons. It is ahead of every food item and every drink on the UK menu.
How many calories are in Victoria Sponge at Starbucks?
497 calories a slice, with 14g of saturated fat.
Why is the sugar so high?
Three sources stacked. The sponge is a classic equal weights recipe, jam is roughly 60 percent sugar, and buttercream is more sugar than butter. None is unusual alone.
Why does it contain almonds?
A traditional Victoria sponge contains none, so their presence points to ground almonds in the crumb. Anyone with a nut allergy should treat this slice as unsuitable.
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