Sponge cakes are truly delicious and easy to make. Here are some popular recipes:
Chocolate Sponge Cake:
Ingredients:
- Cocoa powder, not sweetened – 1/3 cup
- Cake flour, sifted-1 cup
- Baking powder- ½ tsp
- Granulated sugar-1 ½ cups
- ½ tsp salt
- 6 eggs, large and separated
- ¼ cup water
- ½ tsp cream of tartar.
- Vanilla extract- 1 and half teaspoons
Method:
The oven must be heated to 375 degrees. Together sift cocoa, cake flour, 1 cup sugar and baking powder. In another bowl, beat together cream of tartar with egg whites till wet and smooth. Whisk in remaining sugar till stiff.
Blend together vanilla, water and egg yolks. Add to dry mix and blend till smooth. Slowly fold in egg yolk mix into stiff egg white mix.
Pour into ungreased tube pan that measures 10 inches and bake for around 35 minutes. Let it cool in pan. Take out from pan and top with your favourite glaze or dust with sugar that is powdered.
Italian Sponge Cake
Ingredients:
- Honey-1/3 cup
- Zest of one lemon
- Splash of water
- Sponge cake shells-4
- Vanilla ice cream-1 pint
- Sliced strawberries-8
Method:
Heat lemon zest, honey and water in a pan or microwave for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Cover cakes with sauce. Fill each cake shell with ice cream and put strawberries on top.
Hot Milk Sponge Cake
Ingredients:
- Cake flour sifted: 1 cup
- Baking powder-1 tsp
- Salt-1/4 tsp
- Eggs -3
- Sugar -1 cup
- Lemon juice-2 tsp
- Hot milk- 6 tbsp
Method:
Measure flour after sifting, and then add salt and baking powder to the flour and sift at least 3 times. In another bowl, beat eggs for a few minutes till it is light yellow and thick. Beat in sugar stirring constantly. Now, put in lemon juice. Add the flour bit by bit. Pour in hot milk, blending and mixing thoroughly. Pour into 9 inches ungreased tube cake pan. For around 350 degrees and about 35 minutes, bake the cake mix in the oven. Take out from oven and invert pan after 1 hour or when totally cool.
Pineapple Sponge Cake
Ingredients:
- Egg whites -6
- Salt-1/4 tsp
- Sugar-3/4 cup
- Egg yolks-6
- Sugar-3/4 cup
- Lemon juice-1tbsp
- Pineapple juice-1 cup
- Cake flour- 1 and a half cups
- Baking powder-1 tsp
Method:
Beat egg whites till they form fluffy white peaks. Slowly fold in ¾ cup sugar. Beat egg yolks and ¾ cup sugar till it forms a thick mix in another bowl. Add pineapple and lemon juice and blend till sugar has dissolved.
Sift together baking powder and flour; beat into egg yolk mixture till it is well blended. Add the egg whites. Pour into ungreased 10 inches pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. The cake is done only when it bounces back on light application of pressure. Invert the pan to cool.
This cake has got a unique flavour because of lemon juice and pineapple juice. If you are not confident about baking sponge cake yourself, you can invest in ordering cakes online. There are many online stores, which will help buy cakes like sponge cakes online.