Step by Step Recipe:
Shift the flour with baking powder and salt and keep it aside.
Get the butter to room temperature.
Cut into slabs
Using a spatula, beat it in a bowl
Continue beating till the butter turns soft.
Add icing sugar at this stage and continue beating it.
See the way it turns thick at this stage so continue beating it in one direction.
Continue beating till you see this look this way.
At this stage add the egg whites and gently fold in.
Slowly fold in the egg and mix in one direction.
Mix in the flour and gently stir.
Continue doing it with egg and flour
Until you complete both
Grease the baking pan and dust with flour.
Shift the batter into the pan
Pat the batter down, don't use any spoon.
Pre heat the oven at 185 deg C and bake the cake for 30 mins.
Check to see if the knife inserted comes out clean.
Allow it to rest
once done and the slice into pieces.
Basic Sponge Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups All purpose flour / Maida
- 2 cups Icing Sugar
- 1.5 cups Butter unsalted
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 4 Egg White
- A pinch Salt
- Few drops Vanilla Essence
Instructions
- Grease a baking pan with butter and dust it with flour, keep it aside.
- Shift the flour along with baking powder, and salt in a big bowl, keep aside.
- Separate the egg whites and take the egg whites in a bowl. Beat well till it is foamy and forms peaks. Add the Vanilla essence and gently mix in.
- Get the butter to room temperature and beat well using a spatula until it turns really soft.
- Then add the icing sugar and continue beating it. Do this till you see the butter turning soft.
- At this stage add half of the egg whites. Combine everything well slowly.
- Add the shifted flour and gently fold it in one direction. Gently fold in the rest of the egg white mixture. Finally add the remaining flour. Gently fold everything together.
- Preheat the oven at 185 degree C.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin.
- Bake at 185 Degree C / 365 degrees F for about 30 minutes till cake springs back when touched lightly in the center.
- Invert the pan and let it cool. Remove the cake from the pan once it is cooled.
- Slice it into small pieces
- Serve warm.
aipi says
Getting the basic cake perfected like this is sometimes the most difficult- you did a great job here. Great pictorials for beginners..
Prathibha says
Lovely spongy cake....just perfect!!!
jayasree says
The cake looks perfect in texture and color.
Vardhini says
Lovely step by step instructions. Cakes looks delicious.
Divya.M says
thanks valli will experiment it myself and come back to u.....even i love sponge cake....
Nitha says
Love this step by step pics & instructions.. The cake looks great too..
Vimitha Anand says
What a yummy and spongy looking cake... Nice step-by-step recipe...
Priya says
SPonge cake looks super prefect.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
Thanks for the step by step recipe, I always wanted this 🙂
Nithya says
This is going to be super handy. Lovely looking heart cake :)Soft and delicious 🙂
Kavitha Bhargav says
thanks for the post
tasteofbeirut says
Thank you for a lovely recipe and excellent instructions; what I like with this cake is its versatility!
Archana says
Reminds me of my mom's cake. Till the end she was never convinced that we can use the mixer.
I remember beating the mix for her then after she put the mixture to bake licking the batter off the bowl. It tasted divine.
Ho those were the days.
Thanks for the post.
Smitha says
thats a good one Srivalli!....came out perfect!
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Anonymous says
Hi srivalli
Have been a silent reader of your blog. Your blog is wonderful. have tried few of your recipes and all turned our delicious. now iam new to baking and yet to decide on whether to purchase a OTG or Microwave to try baking.. pls adv
Srivalli says
Anon Thanks for delurking and commenting on the blog. Glad you found the recipes good. For your question, I would surely suggest Microwave as you will have both the cooking mode with you. I have cooked so many dishes in Microwave mode and found it very useful for many other things also. Now I have started back my baking and it's useful too. And there is the question of space in the kitchen. So if you want to choose, then go for microwave. Hope you get the best. Happy cooking!
Divya.M says
Enjoyed making this cake and i have posted in my blog too valli... thanks a lot for this wonderful recipe... it is really useful for beginners like me in baking...:)
divs says
hey valli.. it seems a good recipe but do also add in when to put the vanilla drops.
Tamanna M says
hey there, tried this recipe today and it turned out to be better than I expected. And mind you, this was my first time at baking a cake. So you deserve a big thank you! 🙂
Florence says
Very simple way. Couldnt understand other recipes. They were too complicated. This reminds me of my school days. Will start baking right away. Thanks a lot.
smitha says
Tried this. Came out well. Thank you
Anonymous says
Preheat at 180° for how many minutes?
Srivalli says
Anon My oven does the pre heat automatically. So I simply click on the temp and it does. So you should check if thats the same. Else maybe you can pre heat for 10 to 15 mins.
chayaa anjan says
@SRIVALLI WOW! Thanx a lot for a easy step by step recipe.The cake came out very well,though it was my first bake and boosted my confidence in baking.....all cheers to u
Srivalli says
Chayaa Anjan Thanks for the feedback. I am so glad you got cake perfect..:)..nothing like baking your own cake!
Giridhar Gorur says
Awesome step by step tutorial... Came out awesome ????
obaid says
can i make it in a microwave if can then how can i?