Easy Sponge Cake Food

SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, butter and line the base of two 20cm spring-form cake tins with baking parchment.
• Using an electric whisk beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Crack the eggs in one at a time and whisk well, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Add the lemon zest, vanilla, flour, milk and a pinch of salt. Whisk until just combined then divide the mixture between the two tins.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 25-30 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. After 10 mins remove the cakes from their tins and leave to cool completely on a wire rack. Fill how you like. My personal favourite is a good dollop of lemon curd and some fresh cream, then dust the top with icing sugar. Will keep for 3 days.

EGGLESS VANILLA SPONGE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Pre heat the oven to 180 degree C (356 degree F) for 10 minutes.
• Take either two 6-inches (round or square) baking pans or one 8-inch baking pan. Grease entire surface of the pan with oil or melted butter using a brush.
• Sprinkle some maida over it and tilt the pan in all directions so the maida covers the greased surface. Line the pan with a parchment paper (or butter paper).
• Sift 1½ cups all purpose flour (maida) in a large bowl.
• Add 1 cup plain curd and 3/4 cup sugar in another large bowl.
• Mix well using a wired whisk until smooth. Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder.
• Mix well and keep the mixture idle for 5 minutes. As the baking soda starts to react with the curd, bubbles will start to appear on the surface.
• Add 1/2 cup oil. Use any cooking oil that doesn't have a strong smell, e.g sunflower oil, light olive oil.
• Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla essence and mix well.
• Add previously sifted flour (maida).
• Mix well using a wired whisk or a spatula.
• Mix until it turns little smooth and no visible signs of white flour. Do not worry if the mixture is little lumpy.
• Pour batter into previously greased pan. Place it in pre-heated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes at 180 C (356 F) until the top looks brown.
• Remove the pan from the oven and insert a toothpick in the center to check whether it is fully cooked or not. If it comes out clean, then it means it is cooked. If it does not, then cook for few more minutes. If the cake turns brown from the top but remains uncooked from inside, cover the pan with aluminum foil to prevent cake from turning brown further and bake again for 5-10 minutes.
• Let it cool for 15-20 minutes. Run a knife on sides of the pan. Place a cooling rack (or a plate) on the pan and invert both pan and rack to remove the cake from pan easily. Carefully remove the parchment paper. It will come out very easily.
• Cake is ready. Either serve it as is with coffee or garnish with chocolate syrup or vanilla frosting and enjoy.

EASY SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and line two 18cm/7in cake tins with baking parchment.
• Cream the butter and the sugar together until pale. Use an electric hand mixer if you have one. Beat in the eggs.
• Sift over the flour and fold in using a large metal spoon.
• The mixture should be of a dropping consistency; if it is not, add a little milk.
• Divide the mixture between the cake tins and gently spread out with a spatula. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before turning on to a wire rack to cool.
• Sandwich the cakes together with jam, lemon curd or whipped cream and berries or just enjoy on its own.

SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small saucepan, warm the milk and 2 teaspoons of the butter together over medium-low heat. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whip, beat the eggs and 1 cup of the sugar on medium-high speed in a large mixing bowl until the mixture is pale yellow, thick, and tripled in volume, about 8 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the warm milk mixture. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a small mixing bowl. Add half the flour mixture to the egg mixture and blend thoroughly until smooth. Repeat with the other half. Add the vanilla and mix gently. Grease a 17 by 12-inch baking pan or jelly-roll pan with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle evenly with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Pour the cake batter into the pan, spreading it evenly. Bake until the cake springs back when touched, about 15 minutes. Cool for about 2 minutes, then gently flip it out onto a large sheet of parchment paper. Let cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small saucepan, warm the milk and 2 teaspoons of the butter together over medium-low heat. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whip, beat the eggs and 1 cup of the sugar on medium-high speed in a large mixing bowl until the mixture is pale yellow, thick, and tripled in volume, about 8 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the warm milk mixture. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a small mixing bowl. Add half the flour mixture to the egg mixture and blend thoroughly until smooth. Repeat with the other half. Add the vanilla and mix gently. Grease a 17 by 12-inch baking pan or jelly-roll pan with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle evenly with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Pour the cake batter into the pan, spreading it evenly. Bake until the cake springs back when touched, about 15 minutes. Cool for about 2 minutes, then gently flip it out onto a large sheet of parchment paper. Let cool completely.

EASY LEMON SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs.
• Sift over the flour, add lemon juice and rind.
• Fold together to form smooth batter.
• Spoon into the dish and level the top.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Top may look wet but the cake should test cooked.

SUPER EASY VICTORIA SPONGE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 160º C
• Sift flour & baking powder in your food processor, now add the sugar, eggs and softened butter (basically get your butter out of the fridge and let it come up to room temperate. Whizz until smooth and all mixed together.
• Divide your mixture in to two greased 7" cake tins OR divide into 12 greased deep muffin tins. TIP: Which ever you do, smooth tops off (as best you can) with the back of a spoon.
• - For "muffin" tins - Place in your pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes - For 7" cake tins - Place in your pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes
• Keep an eye on them as over cooking times can vary - Best job is to just try it and see which is the best time/s for your oven.
• Once cooked, remove from tins and place on a cooling rack. The rest is up to you...cut in half spread with jam and freshly whipped cream, place lid back on and sprinkle with icing sugar.

EASY SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (350F).
• Grease and flour two round 20 cm (8") cake tins using 1 teaspoon castor sugar and 1 teaspoon flour mixed together.
• Sift dry ingredients together 3 times.
• Separate egg whites from yolks carefully making sure no yolk is mixed into the white.
• Beat whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.
• Gradually add sugar and yolks one at a time. Add vanilla.
• Gently fold in the dry ingredients until just barely mixed through.
• Pour evenly into the 2 tins.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Turn out to cool on racks immediately.
• When cool, sandwich with jam and whipped cream. Ice and decorate top.

SIMPLE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8 or 9 inch round cake pan.
• In a medium bowl, whip together the eggs and castor sugar until fluffy. Fold in flour. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

SIMPLE SPONGE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to gas 5/190 C/ 375 fan.
• Firstly sift your sugar into the bowl. Add the butter then mix until light and fluffy.
• Put an egg into the bowl and quickly whisk in. Repeat this with the second egg.
• Sift in the flour and whisk into the mix.
• Add a splash of milk and a few drops of vanilla essence.
• Grease a small baking tin with a little butter/line a cake tray with 12 cake cases.
• Fill each case about 3/4 full/put all of the mix into the tin.
• Put the cupcakes in the oven for 14 mins or until golden-brown. Put the single sponge in for 30-40 mins or until golden-brown.
• Take out and leave on a wire rack to cool. Decorate as you wish or serve plain.

4-INGREDIENT SPONGE CAKE (VIDEO RECIPE)

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 350˚F. Line bottoms of two 9″ cake pans with parchment paper (do not grease the sides).
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment (this is the one I have), beat 6 large eggs for 1 minute on high speed. With the mixer on, gradually add 1 cup sugar and continue beating 8-10 minutes until thick and fluffy.
• Whisk together 1 cup flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder then sift this mixture into fluffy egg mixture one third at a time. Fold with a spatula with each addition just until incorporated. Scrape spatula from the bottom to catch any pockets of flour and stop mixing when no streaks of flour remain. Do not over-mix or you will deflate the batter.
• Divide evenly between prepared cake pans (it helps if you have a kitchen scale to weight the pans). Bake at 350˚F for 23-28 minutes (my oven took 25 min), or until top is golden brown. Remove from pan by sliding a thin spatula (here's the one I love for cakes) around the edges then transfer to a wire rack and remove parchment backing. Cool cakes to room temperature then slice layers equally in half with a serrated knife.

EASY VICTORIA SPONGE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160C/320F/Gas mark 3. Lightly grease two, 7" non-stick cake tins and set aside for later.
• Add unsalted butter to a medium-sized bowl and whisk for 2 minutes.
• Then, add caster sugar to the bowl and whisk for 3-5 minutes. The mixture should be pale yellow or almost white.
• Crack eggs open into a separate bowl and mix gently using a fork. Add 1/4 of the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture. Whisk until the eggs disappear. Repeat this step for the remaining eggs in the bowl.
• Next, add half of the self-raising flour to the mixture and 1/2 of the milk. Then, use a spatual or whisk to stir the mixture for a minute. Add the remaining flour, more milk if necessary and mix until the batter has a silky consistency. Do not overmix the batter as this will result in a tough sponge.
• Pour equal amounts of batter into the greased cake tins then, place them in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for 25-30 minutes or until done. To check if the cake is ready stick a skewer into the cake and if the skewer comes out clean then it is done.
• Once the sponges are ready tip them upside down on to a rack and leave them to cool for 1 hour or until cool.

EASY MAMON (FILIPINO SPONGE CAKE) RECIPE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, add-in the egg whites. Whisk until frothy, and soft peaks begin to form.
• Gradually add-in the sugar. Beat until you have soft and stiff peaks.
• In a mixing bowl, add-in the cake flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, salt, and lemon zest. Mix until well-incorporated.
• Slowly pour-in the egg yolk, vanilla extract, melted butter, and water. Mix until well-incorporated and a batter is formed.
• Gradually add-in the meringue into the batter. Mix until well-blended.
• Lightly grease mamon molds or baking cups with butter or oil. Pour-in the batter into the molds until about ¾ full.
• Place in a baking tray and then transfer to the oven. Bake for 15 minutes over about 325F or until golden, soft and fluffy. Insert a toothpick in the center and see if it comes out clean.
• Let it cool. Serve and enjoy!