Perfect Vanilla Sponge Cake | Moist & Fluffy Base Cake | with step by step photos and video. A popular plain cake recipe made with all purpose flour, egg, butter and sugar without any flavours and frosting.
Basic building block for all other fancy and layer cakes in the world. A perfect sponge makes any fancy cakes taste much better. It should be soft, fluffy and should be spongy.
The British cuisine has a popular cake named Madeira Cake, which is nothing but a simple sponge cake. Unlike many other cakes, this cake is set apart because it doesn’t require any fancy ingredient like leavening, shortening or products that are not easily available for home baking.
Secret to this soft spongy cake?
The secret to a soft, spongy cake is in the beating of eggs and butter mixture. The rise depends heavily on the amount of air incorporated during the whisking stage. Once the butter, eggs and sugar mixture is airy and light, the flour is folded into this carefully using a spatula or beater at low speed.
How to make moist and perfect vanilla sponge cake?
Perfect Vanilla Sponge Cake | Moist & Fluffy Base Cake | with step by step photos and video. There are myriad cake recipes out in the market made with different frosting and flavour. but most of the cake is made with the same cake batter with the same ingredients with variously flavoured frosting. The basic or plain cake is known as sponge cake which has the same characteristics of sponge with look and softness.
The recipe shared here uses a beater completely for this cake. If you do not have a beater use a whisk to beat the eggs.
Tips to yield a perfect cake:
- Always, start beating the eggs at low speed. Once the egg starts to foam increase the speed gradually, and beat the eggs until it forms a creamy texture.
- If you are using the beater to mix the flour, then always use the beater at low speed.
- Add the dry ingredients gradually and beat them at low speed until it is combined well. If not use a spatula to combine them.
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Perfect Vanilla Sponge Cake
Course: Cake, DessertCuisine: InternationalDifficulty: Easy
600
gms
20
minutes
55
minutes
1
hour
15
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Vanilla Sponge Cake | Moist & Fluffy Base Cake | with step by step photos and video. A popular plain cake recipe made with just all purpose flour, egg, butter and sugar without any flavours and frosting.
Recipe Video
Ingredients
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11/2 cup Maida/All Purpose Flour
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11/2 tsp Baking Powder
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1/8 tsp Baking Soda
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1/4 tsp Salt
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2 tbsp Milk Powder (optional)
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15 tbsp Sugar Granulated
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3 Eggs
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6 tbsp Oil
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3 tbsp Milk
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3 tbsp Curd
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2 tsp Vanilla Essence
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1/2 tsp Vinegar
Directions
- Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 160 degree or 320 F.
- Prepare the Cake Tin
- Grease oil & place a baking paper in a 8 inch round cake mold & keep it aside.
- Prepare the Dry Ingredients
- In a mixing bowl add 11/2 cup Maida/All Purpose Flour, 11/2 tsp Baking Powder, 1/8 tsp Baking Soda, 1/4 tsp Salt and 2 tbsp Milk Powder (optional).
- Mix them well and seive the ingredients twice or thrice. By doing so helps to incorporate the air. (Modafinil) Keep it aside.
- Now, grind 15 tbsp sugar to a fine powder in a mixie jar. Keep it aside.
- Prepare the Wet Ingredients
- Take 3 eggs in a bowl. Add 2 tsp Vanilla essence.
- Start beating the eggs using a beater at low speed. Gradually increase the speed of the beater until it forms a smooth texture.
- Now add 6 tbsp oil and beat the mix for 10 to 20 seconds at low speed.
- Preparing the Cake Batter
- Start adding the granulated sugar little by little and combine them well using a spatula or beater.
- Once it is combined well, start adding the dry ingredients little by little and mix them well using a beater or spatula.
- Further, add 3 tbsp Milk, 3 tbsp Curd, and 1/2 tsp Vinegar. Combine them well.
- Now our cake batter is ready.
- Transfer the cake batter to the cake tin. Tap the cake mold to release the air bubbles.
- Baking
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven or preheated cooker for 55 to 60 minutes or until a tooth pic inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove and allow it to cool completely before de-moulding.
- Further, cut and serve the delicious cake.
Notes
- Add the dry ingredients gradually and beat them at low speed until it is combined well. If not use a spatula to combine them.
- Unlike normal cake recipes, this cake recipe is baked at 160 degree or 320 F, to have a flat surface at the top.
