Sugar Free Sponge Cake Food

SUGAR FREE RASPBERRY VICTORIA SPONGE CAKE (KETO)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C / 160C fan / 350F. Line a small springform pan (7 inches) with greaseproof paper on the base and generously butter the sides.
• Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until stiff.
• In a clean bowl add the egg yolks and sweetener. Blend using an electric whisk for 2 minutes until pale + fluffy. Add the sour cream, melted and cooled butter, almond milk, vanilla and lemon zest. Whisk to combine.
• In another clean bowl, mix the almond flour, coconut flour and baking powder together.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix to combine with an electric whisk. Last, fold in the egg whites with a spatula until combined. Don't over-mix to keep the air bubbles intact.
• Pour into your springform pan and level the top with a spatula.
• Bake for 50 - 55 minutes or until you can insert and remove a skewer without it sticking. Loosely cover with a sheet of tin foil if it starts to brown a bit too much on top, from about 45 minutes. Let cool before releasing from the springform.
• While the cake is baking, add the frozen raspberries, sweetener and water to a pan. Simmer for about 3 - 5 minutes until the raspberries are soft. Mash with the back of a spatula. Turn off the heat and add the chia. Allow to fully cool to firm up.
• Whip the cream until just under stiff peaks.
• Cut the fully cooled cake in half lengthways using a sharp knife. Add a layer of raspberry jam and cream and top with raspberries. Add the top of the cake and dust with powdered sweetener. Slice and serve.

SUGAR-FREE LEMON DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ Gas 4. Grease and line a 1.2 litre loaf tin (22cm x 13cm width, 7cm depth) with baking parchment. Mix together the flour, baking powder, xylitol and lemon zest in a large bowl.
• Mix the eggs, sunflower oil, milk and yoghurt together in a separate bowl or jug and stir them into the flour mixture.
• Spoon into a tin and smooth the surface. Transfer to the oven immediately, bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 1 hour - 1 hour 10 mins. Check after 50 mins, if the cake is becoming too dark, cover loosely with foil.
• Just before the end of cooking time, make the drizzle by heating the lemon juice and xylitol. Stir over a low heat until the xylitol has dissolved. Once the cake is cooked, take it out of the oven and pour over the drizzle.
• Cool in the tin before turning it out.

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 .