Desserts
How to Make a Sponge Cake
A wonderful, comprehensive recipe for making a sponge cake. You can decorate the sponge cake in any style you like, and we recommend trying the accompanying chocolate sauce, which is incredibly tasty.
Ingredients
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- 6 large egg whites at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1/2 cup + 1/3 cup sugar (180 grams)
- 6 egg yolks at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups + 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Chocolate mixture
- 250 grams dark chocolate
- 170 ml heavy cream
- 60 grams butter
- Chocolate mixture
Method
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- Beat the egg whites with the teaspoon of vinegar, gradually adding the sugar until you have a meringue, then add the egg yolks to the mixture and fold them in with a whisk by moving circularly or from bottom to top ...
- Sift the flour with a pinch of salt and add it over the mixture in three batches, folding it from top to bottom...
- Mix the milk with the oil and vanilla and pour it over the cake batter, folding from top to bottom, then pour it into greased baking pans or lined with parchment paper. Run a knife through the middle to release air from the cake, then tap the pan to release bubbles about three times...
- Place it in a preheated oven at 150°C for 45 minutes...Timers: 45 min
- Then increase the temperature to 170°C for the last five minutes of baking... remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool...
- Chocolate mixture ingredients:
- 250 grams dark chocolate
- 170 ml heavy cream
- 60 grams butter
- Chocolate mixture method:
- Place the chocolate and fresh cream in the microwave and then stir until the chocolate melts and you have a smooth mixture.
- Add the butter and stir, then begin dipping the cake pieces in the chocolate and then in desiccated coconut; place them on parchment paper and refrigerate until serving
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut free
