Versatile Vegetarian Sponge Cake Food

VEGAN SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the bases of 2 x 20cm sandwich tins with baking parchment and grease with a little of the dairy-free spread.
• Put the dairy-free milk into a jug and add the vinegar, leave for a few minutes until it looks a little lumpy. Put half of the vanilla seeds and all the other cake ingredients into a large bowl then pour over the milk mixture. Using electric beaters or a wooden spoon, beat everything together until smooth.
• Divide the mix between your two tins then bake in the centre of the oven for 30-35 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out cleanly. Leave them in their tins until cool enough to handle then carefully turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
• While the cakes are cooling, make the filling. To make the vegan buttercream, whisk or beat together the dairy-free spread, icing sugar and remaining vanilla seeds until pale and fluffy. Dairy-free spreads do vary so if the spread you are using is quite soft try to avoid using electric beaters. Stir the ingredients together instead to avoid overworking it. However, if the mixture is too firm, use electric beaters to help lighten it and add 1-2 tbsp of dairy-free milk when whisking.
• Spread the jam onto one of the cooled sponges, top with the buttercream then place the other sponge on top. Dust the assembled cake with a little icing sugar or caster sugar before slicing.

EASY EGG-LESS VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• 1.Combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Sieve and keep aside.
• 2. In a blender combine well the pureed apple, vegetable oil and the powdered sugar.
• 3. Add the essence at this stage and mix briefly. You may also use plain vanilla instead of the rose I used.
• 4. Add the four and the milk alternatively and blend briefly, just enough to fluff the mixture.
• 5.Grease a standard round/ square baking pan. I used 2 ceramic bowls and a cup cake tray. Bake for 25- 30 minutes in a preheated oven at 350 degrees.
• Tips:.
• a. Puree the apples just before you start mixing. Else it turns brown. You may try using store bought apple sauce, but then you might want to cut down on the sugar so it is not too sweet. Let me know how it turns out:-).
• b. 1 Golden delicious apple substitutes 2 egg whites.
• Celsius To know if the cake is done insert a tooth pick and it should come clean.

VERSATILE VEGETARIAN SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• Sift ingredients 1 to 5 together.
• Mix all liquids together and add gradually to dry ingredients while continuously whisking. Whisk well.
• Spray rectangular Pyrex dish with nonstick spray.
• I use a 23cm square pan 4cm high. Pour batter into dish and bake till skewer comes out clean from cake.
• Cool and frost.
• Tip:.
• For frosting, I whip 250 ml of cream with.
• 2 tablespoons of icing sugar and spread this over the cooled cake. If I added strawberry essence in the batter, I will put a few blobs of strawberry jam on the frosting.
• Cooks Note: After reading a review from someone, I think perhaps they went for a high cake. Aim for a flatter rather than high cake. So your pyrex or roasting pan should be flatter rather than deeper or higher. Eggless cakes fare poorly when you try to bake them in deep/high dishes instead of flat, as they dont have eggs to help them rise. This could lead to rawness in the centre, whereas a flatter cake would cook evenly.

VEGETARIAN CAKE

Steps:

• Mix semolina, sugar and curd.
• Stir well.
• Add raisins, nuts, powdered cardamom and vanilla essence.
• Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenhit.
• Grease a medium size pan with butter.
• Pour in the mixture and bake for 30-45 minutes.

ITALIAN BASIC GENOISE (SPONGE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Blend the eggs, egg yolks, and sugar in a mixer bowl with a wire whip attachment until the mixture doubles in volume-about 15 minutes on high speed. Just before stopping the mixer, add the vanilla and mix inches.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together the cake flour, cornstarch and salt. Fold dry mixture into egg mixture with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, just until blended.
• Coat two 10-inch round cake pans with shortening. Pour the batter into the pans and put them immediately into preheated 350 degree oven.
• Bake until tops are springy to the touch, about 45 to 50 minutes.
• Remove the cakes from the pans and cool on a wire rack.
• When cool, use a long serrated knife to slice off the tops of the cakes.
• For tiramisu or other layer cakes, divide each cake into three uniform layers with a serrated knives.

VANILLA CUSTARD SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Combine the egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, water and extracts in a bowl and beat at high speed until thick and lemon coloured (about 5 minutes). Stir in the flour, then set bowl aside.
• Beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt in a large bowl at high speed until foamy. Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar, beating until stiff moist peaks form.
• Gradually fold the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites. Pour the batter into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan. Pull the spatula through the batter once to break large air bubbles.
• Bake for one hour or until cake tests done. Invert the tube pan on a funnel or bottle to cool. When completely cool, remove from the pan.
• Using a serrated knife, cut the cake into 3 even layers. Invert the cake so that the top of the cake, will become the bottom layer of the finished cake. Spread the Vanilla Custard Filling evenly between the layers. Dust the top of the cake with the confectioners sugar. Store finished cake in the refrigerator.
• VANILLA CUSTARD FILLING:.
• Prepare the whipped topping mix with the 1/2 cup milk and vanilla according to the package directions. Prepare the pudding according to the package instructions, but using only 1 cup milk. Fold the pudding into the topping whipped topping.