Traditional Sponge Cake: Traditional, Easy, and Fluffy Recipe

Traditional Sponge Cake: Traditional, Easy, and Fluffy Recipe…

Ingredients:

• 4 large eggs
• 240ml (1 cup) milk
• 480ml (2 cups) sugar
• 720ml (3 cups) all-purpose flour (plain flour)
• 240ml (1 cup) sunflower oil
• 1 level tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• A pinch of salt
• Powdered sugar (icing sugar) for decoration

How to prepare traditional Sponge Cake:

1. Incorporate the egg whites in a large bowl or in the food processor.
2. Beat the egg whites until stiff.
3. Add a little of the total amount of sugar we need.
4. Add the salt and mix. Set aside.
5. In another bowl, mix the rest of the sugar with the vanilla and the egg yolks. If you are using a food processor, do the same process.
6. Beat until the mixture thickens, increases in volume and has a creamy appearance.
7. Add the oil and milk and beat again. It is important that the mixture is well beaten as this will make it fluffy and high.
8. Add the yeast and the flour, previously sifted and very little by little, mixing at low speed until they are completely integrated.
9. Gradually add the whipped egg whites.
10. We go mixing smoothly and making enveloping movements from bottom to top.
11. Preheat the oven to 170º C.
12. The mold we are going to use is of about 22 cm.
13. Grease the mold with a little oil or butter and place baking paper both on the sides and on the base to make it much easier to unmold the cake.
14. We also grease the parchment paper.
15. Bake the cake at 170º C for 1 hour.
16. After about 50 minutes, check the doneness of the cake by poking the center with a toothpick. If it is clean when you take it out, it is perfectly cooked.
17. Remove the cake from the oven and place it on a wire rack.
18. Let it cool for 10 minutes in the mold.
19. After this time, remove from the mold and let it cool completely.
20. Sprinkle with a little powdered sugar and it will be perfectly ready to serve.

Enjoy it!