SPONGE CAKE BY CHETHANA KAMATH

EASIEST AND BASIC CAKE RECIPE OF SPONGE CAKE..!!

SPONGE CAKE

Basic sponge cake:

Ingredients:

Large Eggs at room temperature 200g (2)

Granulated or Castor Sugar 200g (1 cups)

Whole Milk 8 fl oz (1/2 cup or 115ml)

Unsalted Butter 56g (4 Tablespoons)

Vanilla Extract 1/2 Tablespoon

All Purpose Flour 130g (1 cups) (You may sub in cake flour here at 250g)

Baking Powder 10g (1 teaspoon)

Salt 2g (1/4 teaspoon)

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven @180deg c for around 10 min.

2.grease the baking bowl. The above ingredients make around 1/2Kg cake.

3.Start beating the egg. when the volume starts increasing start adding sugar batch by batch.

4. beat the egg for around 5 – 7 minutes to reach the ribbon stage,in the meantime you 

can heat your milk and butter together in the microwave or on the stove top and reserve to

keep warm.

5. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt to aerate and lighten.

6. When egg reaches ribbon stage add the flour mixture and mix well.

7. take 4-5 spoon of above mixture and mix it in milk- butter mixture.

8. Then pour the above mixture to the egg mixture, this procedure makes milk-butter to mix well in egg.

9. Pour it in baking bowl and place it in oven at 180 deg c for around 30 min until tooth pick comes out clean.