Low Carb Light Sponge Cake Food

SUGAR-FREE LOW CARB SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease an 8 inch spring form pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place your egg whites and cream of tartar in a stand mixer and mix until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• Place your yolks in another bowl and whisk with vanilla extract, liquid stevia and lemon zest.
• In another bowl whisk together the remaining dry ingredients.
• Combine the yolks and dry ingredients together until smooth.
• In small portions a little at a time, fold the egg whites into the yolk and flour mixture, be careful not to over mix and deflate your egg whites.
• Drizzle the melted, cooled butter on the side of the bowl to slowly fold it into the batter.
• Pour batter into pan and bake 30 minutes or until golden on top and a toothpick in center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool completely before removing and adding optional toppings.
• Keep refrigerated.

LOW CARB, LIGHT SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Separate eggs. Beat egg whites and salt until stiff.
• Add Splenda gradually and beat until stiff and Splenda is dissolved.
• Add egg yolks. Beat until well blended.
• Sift together cornstarch, flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture.
• Pour into two 8 inch greased and lined cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Leave in cake pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
• You can serve this with sliced strawberries (sprinkled with Splenda) or some sugar free raspberry jam spread inbetween the two layers and topped with (no sugar added) whipped cream.

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 .

CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Line an 8 inch square or round cake pan with waxed paper.
• Place egg whites, cream of tartar and salt in a mixing bowl, beat with electric mixer until foamy.
• Beat in sugar gradually, continue beating until stiff peaks form.
• Beat in egg yolks and vanilla.
• Combine flour and cocoa and fold lightly into egg mixture.
• Spread batter in prepared pan.
• Bake in 325 degree oven 25-30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Loosen sides with a sharp knife.
• Turn out immediately onto a paper towel lined cake rack to cool.

LIGHT & FLUFFY SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C (375°F).
• Grease non stick cake pan
• Beat together eggs, oil and sugar, beat until light & fluffy.
• Add flour, salt & baking powder.
• Mix well with electric beater.
• Pour into baking pan & bake for approx 15-20 minutes.
• PLEASE NOTE: For a chocolate cake add 2 teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa to 120ml warm water & add to mixture, note that chocolate cakes should take another 10 minutes to cook.

EASY EGGLESS SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Sieve the flour, baking powder and baking soda together.
• Mix the flour mixture, condensed milk, melted butter, essence, and water and beat well.
• Pour the mixture into a greased and dusted 6 inch diameter round tin.
• Bake in a hot oven at 200 degrees C (400 degrees F) for 10 minutes.
• Then reduce the temperature to 150 degrees C (300 degree F) and bake for a further 10 minutes.
• The cake is ready when it leaves the sides of the tin and is springy to touch.
• When ready, take out from the oven and leave for 1 minute.
• Invert the tin over a rack and tap sharply to remove.
• Cool the the cake on a wire rack.