Basic Sponge Cake
Basic Sponge Cake

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This is a tutorial on how to make a basic plain sponge cake. This is my hard-to-fail Sponge Cake recipe that I have been using for decades. Sometimes I don't separate Egg Yolks and Whites and whisk whole Eggs with Sugar all together.

Basic Sponge Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Basic Sponge Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have basic sponge cake using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Basic Sponge Cake:
  1. Get 3-4 Eggs *room temperature, separated Whites and Yolks
  2. Take *Note: You don't have to separate the Eggs. (See Step 4)
  3. Take 90 g (100 ml) Caster Sugar
  4. Take 90 g (150 ml) Plain Flour OR Self-Raising Flour
  5. Get *Note: For silky texture sponge, use 70g (120ml) Flour and 2 tablespoons Corn Starch Flour
  6. Prepare 20 g Butter *melted
  7. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla *optional

Watch the video how to make a sponge cake at home. This is a tutorial on how to make a basic plain sponge cake. If you are looking for some extra flavor. This basic light and fluffy sponge cake recipe helps you create a number of delicious desserts.

Steps to make Basic Sponge Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 170℃. Line the base and sides of a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper.
  2. If you use Corn Starch Flour, blend it with Wheat Flour.
  3. Using an electric mixer, whisk Egg Whites in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Add Sugar gradually and whisk until firm peaks form. Then add Egg Yolks and whisk until well combined.
  4. *Yolks & Whites Together: If you don’t want to seperate the Eggs, or you accidentally failed to separate, do not worry. You can whisk whole Eggs with Sugar. Make sure Eggs are NOT COLD. Whisk whole Eggs with Sugar until thick and pale.
  5. *Cold Eggs: To use cold Eggs straight away, place cracked whole Eggs in a bowl and place the bowl over warm to hot water. Once Eggs are warm, add Sugar and whisk until thick and pale. Make sure the mixture won’t get too warm as too much heat will cook the Eggs.
  6. Gradually sift Flour over the egg mixture while folding in with a large spoon, then add melted Butter and Vanilla (*optional), mix until just combined.
  7. Pour the mixture into the tin and gently drop it on the bench a few times to remove bubbles in the mixture. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cakes springs back when gently touched.
  8. Turn out on a wire rack. Carefully peel away baking paper, then leave to cool.

It's easy and you can make hundreds of different cakes with this base. Basic sponge cake is one of the. Sponge cake is a light cake made with eggs, flour and sugar, sometimes leavened with baking powder. Sponge cakes, leavened with beaten eggs, originated during the Renaissance, possibly in Spain. For chocolate cake substitute plain flour for cocoa XL.

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