Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe with step wise pictures. Soft and fluffy vanilla flavoured sponge cake which has eggs incorporated in it.
Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe
A very basic sponge cake recipe which is so soft and fluffy sponge cake recipe which is super easy to make but taste so delicious and soft. I have been wanting a proper sponge cake recipe and finally i found one. This sponge cake is super basic and super easy to make. It calls for very basic ingredients.
When i found this recipe, I actually halved the recipe and made a very small cake which has less height. But the written recipe which i have given is the actual cake and gives a standard round cake.
About Vanilla Sponge Cake
Sponge cake is a light cake made from egg whites, flour, and sugar, with the addition of baking powder if desired. Sponge cakes, which are leavened with beaten eggs, are thought to have originated in Spain during the Renaissance. One of the first non-yeasted cakes is believed to be the sponge cake. There is no fat in the basic whipped sponge cake. Egg whites and caster sugar are whisked together, then flour is softly folded in. The secret to a soft, spongy cake is in the beating of eggs and butter mixture. The rise depends heavily on the amount of air incorporated during the whisking stage.
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Vanilla Sponge Cake Ingredients
Egg : Eggs must be beaten to aerate in order for the cake to be light and fluffy.
Melted Butter: In place of the oil called for in a boxed cake mix, you can substitute melted butter. However, it will alter the cake. You'll end up with a firmer cake than if you used oil. The cake will also have a butterier flavour than if it were made with oil. As long as you use the same amount of melted butter as you would oil, the recipe will
not be ruined.
Vinegar : Vinegar increases the acidity of cake batter, which causes the proteins in the flour to firm the cake as it bakes. This produces a cake that is both fluffy and moist.
How to Make Vanilla Sponge Cake
- Preheat oven to 150 degree C. Grease and line a pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Take egg yolks and beat till creamy.
- Take milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl and whisk well.
- gg whites, vinegar in a bowl and beat till it gets frothy. Add in sugar and beat till it gets stiff peaks.
- Add in egg yolk, flour, salt, milk mix and fold gently.
- Spoon it into the baking pan and pop the pan in oven and bake at 150 degree C for 30 mins, now increase the temp to 170 degree C and bake for 3 mins.
- Remove it and cool it down. Now remove it from pan and slice and serve.
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📖 Recipe
Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- Egg Whites - 4
- Egg Yolks - 4
- Sugar - ¾ cup 150 grams
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup 120 grams
- Salt a pinch
- Oil or Melted Butter - ⅛ cup 30 ml
- Milk - 40 ml ⅛ cup + 1 tblsp
- Vinegar or Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
My 1 cup measures 240 ml.
Pan Size - 18 cm
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 150 degree C. Grease and line a pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Take egg yolks and beat till creamy.
- Take milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl and whisk well.
- Take egg whites, vinegar in a bowl and beat till it gets frothy. Add in sugar and beat till it gets stiff peaks.
- Add in egg yolk, flour, salt, milk mix and fold gently.
- Spoon it into the baking pan and pop the pan in oven and bake at 150 degree C for 30 mins, now increase the temp to 170 degree C and bake for 3 mins.
- Remove it and cool it down. Now remove it from pan and slice and serve.
Vanilla Sponge Cake Pictures
1)Take all your ingredients
2)Grease a pan with oil and flour it well. Set aside.
3)Take milk in a bowl.
4)Add in oil.
5)Add in vanilla
6)Mix well.
7)Separate egg whites and egg yolks. I halved the recipe so i got a small cake with less height, but the written recipe will give a normal round cake with good height.
8)Take egg whites in a bowl and use a electric beater to whip it till frothy.
9)Add some vinegar as well.
10)Whip till frothy.
11)Add powdered sugar slowly and continue beating.
12)Keep whipping
13)Add sugar little at a time and keep mixing.
14)NOw it is whipped till stiff peaks.
15)Add in egg yolks.
16)Mix well.
17)Add in flour, little at a time and mix well.
18)Fold it gently.
19)Add remaining flour mix.
20)Add in the milk and oil mix in.
21)Fold gently.
22)spoon this in the pan.
23)Bake at 150 degree C for 30 mins and then increase the heat to 170 degree C and bake for 3 mins.
24)Remove it from oven and cool it down.
25)Slice and serve.
Look how soft and fluffy the cake is!
GAYATHIRI MADHESWARAN
Mam,I have a query ,
1.The recipe does not use any baking soda or Baking powder ?
2.The recipe Shows 4 eggs but in picture I can see 2 eggs (So its 4 or 2 Eggs)
GAYATHIRI MADHESWARAN
Mam,I have a query ,
1.The recipe does not use any baking soda or Baking powder ?
2.The recipe Shows 4 eggs but in picture I can see 2 eggs (So its 4 or 2 Eggs)
Dhanya
Can v try this recipe with pressure cooker?
Aarthi
yes u can. follow my pressure cooker cake recipe
lachu
Hi Aarthi,
This cake came out well . Nice cake recipe without baking soda or baking powder...
Neethu
Hi Arthi.
Just for a confirmation. You are not using baking powder or baking soda or self raising flour right ?
I can use just maida and other ingredients which you have mentioned in the recipe right ?
Aarthi
Yes no raising agent in this recipe
purni
hi arthi!
how to do this recipe using steam method
Aarthi
Not so sure about that.
Divyajaikumar
Made this cake today .It came out perfect.Thanks a lot.
shobhit gupta
i tried this recipe, was not sure about it.
cake was perfect.
used 100 gm of sugar, 1/2 tsp baking powder.
cake was so perfect.
thanks.
Sakura
Tried this recipe. Was absolutely soft. Loved it. Please mention powdered sugar in the ingredient list.
Lubna
How long to bake in a convection ovenproof ? And Is the temperature same?
Pushpalatha
Hi arthi I tried it came out very nice but i have one request please tell the time for whisk, and for folding i am a new user
Maria Sheela
hi aarthi. i have a question. why we i have to use vinegar or lemon juice?mM
Aarthi
it adds softness