Basic vanilla sponge cake recipe with detailed photos and video.
Today, we have the most demanding basic vanilla sponge cake recipe. Some of my readers are demanding this cake recipe for a few months. But due to some health problems, I have been not active in blogging since a few weeks. I am back and let's explore more and more delicious recipes in this beautiful platform. Today let us discuss the basic soft and spongy vanilla sponge cake recipe with tips and tricks.
Basic Vanilla sponge cake - About
Vanilla sponge is a basic or traditional cake, which people used to prepare as a tea time snack or as a base for their cream cakes. The softness of the cake base determines the quality of the cake we sold. There are more and more demands for the fresh cream cakes these days. This cake base will form a perfect base for your 1 Kg fresh cream cakes.
Flour, egg, oil and sugar are the main ingredients of this cake. Vanilla essence is used for flavoring. Two step mixing method is followed and baked in conventional OTG oven.
This cake will yield a perfectly leveled, soft and moist cake base. Please go through the tips and methods before you start preparing.
Basic sponge cake - Expert's tips
- Just like any other cake recipes, make sure the ingredients are fresh and within the expiring date. It should also be weighed properly. I have given cup measurement for this recipe and used standard measuring cups.
- The eggs and milk should be at room temperature.
- Do remember to use the correct sized pan to yield cakes with flat tops. For 1 Kg cake use 8" round or squire baking tin.
- Do grease the pan with oil, dust with flour and then line with a parchment paper before you start the batter preparation.
- The cake should be baked in an preheated oven at correct temperature.
- The oven door should be closed properly and never open it while baking.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 medium eggs
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tsp baking powder
- A pinch of salt
How to make the basic vanilla sponge - Video
Vanilla Sponge Cake With Step By Step Pictures
- Take eggs, powdered sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl.
- Beat with an electric beater. Start at speed one and then gradually increase the speed to high.
- Whisk till the mix double its volume. The egg will have pure white color at this stage.
- Pour oil and beat again. Never overbeat, overbeating will deflate the egg.
- In a separate bowl, swift flour, baking powder and salt through a flour swifter.
- Add 1/3 part of this dry ingredients into the egg mixture.
- Also pour 1/3rd milk.
- Fold carefully with a spatula. Follow the cut and fold method.
- Combine the remaining flour and milk in three subsequent batches and fold till smooth and lump free.
- Further transfer the flour into an 8" baking tin.
- Tap two to three times and bake at 175 degree Celsius for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Remove and cool completely. You can check the cake with a toothpick. If it comes out clear, then the cake is done.
- Once the cake come to room temperature, you can use it for your fresh cream cakes.
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