How To Make Sponge Cake
Sponge Cake Recipe. This light and airy recipe for sponge cake serves as the basis for many types of layered cake desserts like angel food cake. Enjoy our Sponge Cake recipe. Step 1: You will need • 8 eggs, separated to whites and yolks • 190 g sugar • 95 g flour • 55 g corn starch • 45 g butter, melted • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 1 mixer with whisk attachment • 1 rubber spatula • 1 spring-formed pan, 26cm diameter, lined with parchment • 1 bowl • 1 sieve • 1 wooden skewer Step 2: Preheat the oven The first thing that you need to do in preparing your sponge cake is to set your oven to 180°C, 350°F or gas mark 4. Step 3: Mix the egg yolks Place the egg yolks into the mixer and mix them on a high speed until creamy. After a minute, add about 2 tbsp of sugar. Continue to mix for a few minutes more until the mixture becomes thicker. You can now add the vanilla extract. Keep mixing until the mixture becomes double that of its original volume. Now turn off t...