Sponge Cake- United Kingdom #158

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 Sponge Cake- United Kingdom #158

This is a 4 ingredient basic sponge cake, aka Genoese. It cake be used for hundreds of different cakes.

Servings: 2 nine inch round cakes


Ingredients:

  • 6 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 c. Sugar
  • 1 c. All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. Baking powder

  1. Preheat oven 350F. Line bottoms of 2-9” cake pans with parchment paper. Do not grease.
  2. In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat eggs for 1 minute on high speed.
  3. Gradually add sugar and continue beating 8-10 minutes until thick and fluffy.
  4. Whisk together flour and baking powder then sift this mixture into egg mixture one third at a time.
  5. Fold with a spatula with each addition just until incorporated.  Scrape spatula from the bottom to catch any pockets of flour and stop mixing when no streaks of flour remain.  Do not over-mix or you will deflate the batter.
  6. Divide evenly between prepared cake pans. Bake for 23-28 minutes, or until top is golden brown.
  7. Remove from pan by sliding a thin spatula around the edges then transfer to a wire rack and remove parchment backing.
  8. Cool cakes to room temperature and frost with your choice of frostings.
Results: While this was a very easy to make sponge cake it was not my favorite.  I thought it lacked flavor and was dry. I have better recipes. Refer to cake #122
Bottom Line: Moving on.
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