Sunday, February 18, 2018

Sponge Cake.

Sponge Cake
Equipment
·      Large mixing bowls
·      Whisk
·      Measuring cup/spoons
·      Cake tin (round or square)
·      Sieve
·      Baking paper or flour dusting
·      Cooling rack
·      Wooden spoon or spatula

Ingredients
·      Eggs, 3
·      Sugar, 3/4 cup
·      Flour, 3/4 cup
·      Baking powder, 1 tsp
·      Salt, pinch
·      Butter, 25g, melted
·      Cream, 1/4 cup, whipped
·      Jam, 1 Tbspn

Method
Oven on to 1750C.
1.    Beat the eggs and salt together.
2.    Add sugar and beat until thick and foamy.
3.    Sift flour and baking powder together.
4.    Carefully add to egg mixture.
5.    Fold in the butter.
6.    Pour into a greased and lined deep cake tin.
7.    Bake for 20-30 minutes or until cake springs back.
8.    Drop the cake on the bench to knock out some of the air and trap the rest.
9.    Leave for 10 minutes to cool down in tin before turning out onto a cooling rack. Carefully cut in half.
10. Whip the cream.
11. Carefully spread the jam on the top of the sponge.
12.  Serve with the cream.


1 comment:

  1. Just enjoying some sponge cake for desert made by Ben in Room 16 - great cake, we'll be making this one again.

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