Cornflour Sponge Cake Food

CORNFLOUR BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to about 170 degrees Celcius.
• Beat vanilla, butter and both sugars well, add the egg and continue beating until nice and creamy.
• Mix in the corn flour and baking powder and slowly add the milk, mix gently until combined and then beat well again - I like to alternate between high speed and low speed.
• Pour into a cake tray and bake for approximately 40minutes or until when poked through the poker comes away clear with no residue.
• Serve warm, spreaded with butter :).

CUSTARD POWDER SPONGE (NO FAIL SPONGE CAKE)

Steps:

• Beat whites of eggs until stiff.
• Add yolks and sugar.
• Sift all flours together & fold into mixture.
• Divide into 2 greased & lined sandwich tins
• preheat oven to 190c
• place on middle shelf
• reduce heat to 170c & cook for 20 minutes
• this is for fan forced oven.
• for oven not fan forced, preheat to 200c then reduce to 180c.
• when cooked cool on rack fill with jam and fresh cream and enjoy.

PRIZE-WINNING GLUTEN-FREE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (350F). Coat 2 spring form pans with baking spray, then line with baking paper. The baking spray helps keep the paper from moving around.
• In a microwave bowl or small saucepan, place the sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Stir every now and then to dissolve the sugar.
• Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until stiff. Slowly drizzle in the hot sugar mixture with the mixer running. Then beat really hard for 3 minutes. Mix in egg yolks and vanilla.
• Sift together cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Carefully fold these into the egg mixture. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 18-20 minutes. As soon as you remove them from the oven, drop the pans from knee height, square on the floor - seriously! This is a strange sponge making trick that 'shocks' the cake and stops it from deflating.
• Then immediatly turn sponges out onto a wire rack or baking paper to cool upside down.
• Beat cream and vanilla until soft peaks form. Warm jam for a few seconds in the microwave.
• Place one sponge on the serving plate. Spread first with jam, then whipped cream.Top with strawberry slices. Then put second sponge on top. Dust with icing .

GLUTEN FREE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift cornflour, baking powder and salt together.
• Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• Beat in egg yolks.
• Gradually beat in sugar until mixture forms a figure 8.
• Fold in the dry ingredients.
• Divide into 2 well greased 20 cm (8") sandwich pans.
• Bake at 180 C or 350 F for about 20 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
• When cool, top one with whipped cream and jam (jelly).
• Place the other on top and dust with icing sugar.