How to Bake Sponge Cake
Sponge cake is a great basic layer for cupcakes, cookies, and different cakes that are made of eggs, sugar, and flour.
5-Minute Crafts offers a simple and proven way to cook the perfect sponge cake.
Cooking utensils
To make a sponge cake, you need:
- a bowl
- a mixer or whisk
- a spatula, silicone or wooden (can be replaced with a spoon)
- baking dish or a ring 18 cm in diameter (if you use a ring, put it on top of a silicone pad for baking or several layers of tin foil or parchment)
Ingredients
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5 chicken eggs
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1 1/4 cup (160 grams) of wheat flour
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1 cup (200 grams) of sugar
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a pinch of salt
The cooking process
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Break the eggs into a bowl for whipping and add sugar and salt.
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Whip the eggs, sugar, and salt with a mixer at a fast speed for 4-5 minutes.
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Add flour.
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Use your spatula to mix the flour with the dough.
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Keep mixing until you get a liquid.
- If you are using a baking dish, rub it with butter and put some flour on top. If you have a ring, you don’t need to do this.
- Pour the dough. If you’re using a ring, some dough may get out, this is perfectly normal.
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Cover the dish with tin foil.
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Bake the cake for 30 minutes at 350°F, then lower the temperature to 300°F and bake for 30 more minutes.
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To check if the cake is done, pierce it with a toothpick. When you take it out, there should be no leftovers on the stick.
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When the cake is done, let it cool down on a baking rack.
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Cut the cake using a knife.
Recommendations
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To make the cake a bit more light, separate the yolks from the whites. First, whip the yolks with sugar, then add flour, and finally add the whipped whites.
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After you put the baking cake into the oven, don’t open the oven, otherwise, the dough will go down.
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During baking, the cake will grow. If you decide to add baking powder, it will grow more.
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If you are going to make a cake using this sponge cake, it’s better to wrap the sponge in plastic wrap and put it into the fridge overnight.
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To make good sponge cake, make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature.