Let the Lightness of Perfectly-Baked Sponge Cakes Melt on Your Mouth
One of the biggest indulgences that most people have is food. There are some whose ultimate meal consists of the juiciest steak, while others cannot resist sumptuous desserts. If you belong to the latter category, then you surely would enjoy the light texture and taste of perfectly-baked sponge cakes.
For years now, this light and airy cake has become the base for some of the most mouth watering desserts including angel food cake, strawberry shortcake, trifles, lady fingers, chocolate cake and rolled cakes with luscious spreads in the middle.Basically, there are two types of sponge cakes that you can choose from including ones with a basic recipe and the other which is known as the Victoria sponge cake.
Based on the type of sponge cake that you would like to have, the baking method can either start from a light batter or it can be made using the foam method. For the Victoria sponge cake variant, all the ingredients are simply mixed together until a creamy mixture is produced. After baking, you can enjoy the sponge cake in all its light, airy goodness, spread your favourite jam on it or place your favourite berries on top for an irresistible dessert.
Quick Tips for Baking a Sponge Cake
Let’s say that you have already chosen a recipe for sponge cake to follow. As delicate as the cake is, how can you make sure that the baked result will come out perfectly off the baking tin? Here are a few tips on how you can perfect the process of baking a sponge cake:
- Prepare the ingredients that you need, measuring each one carefully.
Let’s say that you would like to make a sponge cake that’s big enough to serve eight. You would need the following ingredients:
8 eggs
200 grams of sugar
200 grams of flour
200 grams of melted butter
vanilla extract
- Proceed to the baking process.
Preheat the oven. Separate the egg whites from the yolks and mix the yolks until they have a creamy consistency. Gradually add sugar and vanilla extract until the mixture doubles in volume. Next, mix the egg whites which should become firm once the sugar is added. Combine the yolk and egg white mixture, add sieved flour and put the resulting mixture in the oven.
- Take the cake out of the oven after the allotted time.
After about thirty minutes, test the cake for doneness. Use a clean toothpick which you can stick in the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, your sponge cake should be done.
- Be creative in garnishing or topping your sponge cake to change the flavour.
Finally, use your taste buds and your creativity in coming up with the toppings for the cake. You can take your pick from jam, fresh fruits, chocolate syrup, caramel, nuts, cream cheese frosting – the possibilities are practically endless! There’s really no better food indulgence than tasting the light and airy goodness of a basic sponge cake, so learn how to bake it in your own kitchen.
Everyone should know how to make a basic sponge cake because it can be used as a base for cakes for different occasions. See a simple sponge cake recipe on this website: Enkelt recept på sockerkaka is the term in Swedish. Learn different cake recipes, please follow this link: Många olika tårtor is the Swedish term.
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