South African Basic Sponge Cake Food

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.

BASIC SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Grease only the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan and cover with a circle of parchment paper. Do not grease the sides of the pan.
• In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until light, gradually adding in the sugar. Add in vanilla and lemon and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy, about 1 minute at high speed, then beat in the salt and cream of tartar. Continue beating until the eggs reach soft peaks. Fold egg whites, working in 3 or 4 batches, into the yolk mixture.
• Sift the flour over the egg mixture, again working in 3 or 4 batches, and gently fold it inches When the batter is uniform, pour into prepared cake pan and bake unil a tester comes out dry and the top of the cake springs back when gently pressed, about 35-45 minutes.
• Allow cake to cool in the pan before cutting around the sides with a sharp knife and turning it out.
• Slice the cake into 2 or 3 layers (or squares) and fill as desired.

SOUTH AFRICAN BASIC SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Using a deep, dry bowl beat egg whites until stiff.
• Add the sugar gradually and continue beating until thick.
• Add the yolks and beat lightly.
• Sift the dry ingredients gently over and mix in lightly.
• Fold in the margarine and water.
• Pour into two prepared tins and bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
• Fill and sandwich with jam and cream.
• Sift icing sugar on top of cake.
• HINT: To prepare baking pan, brush lightly with oil.
• Cut out brown paper to fit base.
• Place at the bottom of the pan and then brush paper with oil.

SOUTH AFRICAN PANCAKES (PANNEKOEK)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together except cinnamon, sugar, butter, and lemon.
• Spray bottom of pan with cooking spray.
• Put enough batter to cover bottom of pan about a 1/4 cup of batter.
• Flip only once.
• Blend the cinnamon, sugar, butter,and lemon juice together in a food processor. As you pull each pancake from the pan, spread a small amount on each one so the mixture can melt into the pancake.

CHOCOLATE HOT MILK SPONGE

Steps:

• Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
• Beat eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Add oil and vanilla.
• Beat 5 minutes.
• Add melted chocolate.
• Place milk and butter in saucepan and stir until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove at once.
• Add milk mixture alternately to the egg mixture with sifted dry ingredients. (I do not let it cool before alternately adding with the dry ingredients.).
• Pour into 2- 9 inch round greased and floured (or use cocoa) pans and bake at 350* for 10-15 minutes.(do not overbake, layers are thin).
• Cool, fill and frost as desired.
• Filling instructions:.
• Beat all ingredients until spreading consistency (I beat quite stiff). Decorate with white chocolate shavings.
• Note: There is enough whipped frosting to generously fill in between the layers.

BASIC SPONGE PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven Gas 4/355F degrees.
• Well butter 2 1/2 to 3 inch deep pie dish.
• Cream together the butter or margarine and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time with a little flour until smooth.
• Add remaining flour, baking powder (if used) and salt, beating well.
• Add the milk, and beat again.
• Pour mixture into dish and smooth the top.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until well risen and brown.
• Variations to the Basic Sponge: Sultana Sponge; Put 2 oz sultanas in the bottom and around the sides of a well buttered dish, pour on the mixture.
• Apricot Sponge: Add 3 soaked apricots chopped small, to the mixture, put 3 or 4 apricot halves in the bottom of the dish, pour on the sponge mixture.
• Jam Sponge: Put 3 or 4 tblsp of any kind of jam in the bottom of the dish, pout on the sponge mixture.
• Syrup Sponge: Put 1 tblsp of golden syrup in the bottom of the dish, pour on mixture.
• Chocolate Sponge; Substitute 1 tblsp cocoa for 1 oz.
• flour, sieving it with the flour.
• Ginger Sponge; Add 1 tspn ground ginger to the flour and use 4 oz golden syrup instead of sugar, melted in warmed milk.
• Black Cap Pudding:Put a tblspn cleaned currants in the bottom of the dish, pour on the mixture.