Sponge Cake: a beginner recipe
Sponge cake is very airy and fluffy. This gives it that melt in your mouth feeling. It derives its name from its texture; it is light, moist and tender thus making it pleasurable to eat.
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Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 451.97kcal
Equipment
- 1 Oven
Ingredients
- 225 g Softened butter
- 225 g Caster sugar
- 4 Eggs
- ½ Lemon zest
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 225 g Self-rising flour
- Icing sugar
- Splash of milk
Instructions
Step 1: preparation
- Heat the oven to 180°C
- Grease and line the base of the cake pan with parchment paper
Step 2: Mixing
- Whisk together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy
- Add eggs one at a time and whisk well. Scrape down the bowl after each addition.
- Add lemon zest and vanilla and mix well.
- Sift in the self-rising flour and pinch of salt. Whisk until just combined making sure that you do not overmix.
Step 3: Baking
- Pour mixture into a prepared cake tin
- Bake in the pre-heated oven placing the pan in the middle of the oven.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted at the center comes out clean
Step 4: Cooling and serving
- Let the cake cool in the cake pan for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the cake pan to continue cooling on a wire rack until completely cooled.
- Frost the cake as desired or dust with icing sugar.
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Nutrition
Calories: 451.97kcal | Carbohydrates: 51.29g | Protein: 5.87g | Fat: 25.26g | Sodium: 371.22mg | Potassium: 77.79mg | Sugar: 30.27g | Vitamin A: 247.37IU | Vitamin C: 0.48mg | Calcium: 118.13mg | Iron: 1.72mg
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