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Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

* 250 gms Margarine/Butter

* 250gms Finely ground Sugar

* 250 gms Maida

* 6 Eggs

* 1 pinch Baking powder

* few drops Vanilla essence

Directions:

1. Sieve the Sugar separately and the Maida and baking powder separately and keep aside.

2. Cream the Butter/Margarine until very soft (wooden spoon-circular motion).

3. Gradually mix the Sugar (wooden spoon- circular motion).

4. Beat Egg in a bowl till fluffy (egg white first and then the gradually mix the egg yolk) (egg beater).

5. Slowly mix the Egg in the batter (stainless steel spoon-cut and fold method).

6. Spoon by spoon mix in the sieved Maida and Baking powder (stainless spoon-cut and fold method).

7. Grease the baking tin and pour the mixture in the tin.

8. Pre heat the oven at 250 F and bake the cake for 20 mins.

9. Remove the cake from the tin and cool on a rack.

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Sponge Cake Ingredients

Zest from 1/2 lemon

1 cup sugar

1 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature

4 large eggs

2 tablespoons warm water

1/2 teaspoon real vanilla

2 teaspoons lemon juice

2 cups cake flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Put the sugar and lemon zest in a blender or food processor. Blend until the lemon zest is fine. Add this mixture to the softened butter. Beat with a mixer on medium until fluffy. This should take about 5 minutes.

Add the eggs to the sugar and butter one at a time, beating well after adding each one. Add the water, lemon juice, and vanilla. In a different bowl, use a whisk to mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add half of the flour mixture to the rest of the ingredients. Mix on low. Then add the rest of the flour mixture.

Now beat at medium speed until the cake batter becomes shiny. The mixture should also turn a white color. Do not skip this step or reduce the mixing time. The longer you mix the batter, the more air bubbles you create. This is what makes sponge cake recipes light and fluffy. This step of the sponge cake recipe should take about 15 minutes.

Pour sponge cake batter into two round cake pans that have been greased with shortening well and liberally floured. If they haven't been greased and floured thoroughly, your sponge cake recipe will stick to the cake pans.

Bake lemon sponge cake in a preheated 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven for approximately 25-30 minutes. The sponge cake should pull gently from the sides. It will be golden in color and spongy to the touch. It should spring back when touched. To be sure the sponge cake is done, test the center with a toothpick and see if it comes out clean. Do not open the oven while the sponge cake is baking.

Remove the lemon sponge cake from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for about 10-15 minutes before removing the cake from the cake pans. Let the sponge cake cool completely before frosting it. A lemon glaze would work well with this basic sponge cake recipe. Of course, frosting a sponge cake is optional. Plain sponge cake recipes are delicious by themselves.