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Basic Sponge Cake

This basic light and fluffy sponge cake recipe helps you create a number of delicious desserts.It's easy and you can make hundreds of different cakes with this base. Basic sponge cake is one of the ingredients while making a cake that is available in chocolate and vanilla flavours.

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Basic Sponge Cake

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Main Ingredients Butter, Eggs
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 26-30 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Basic Sponge Cake

  • 50 grams Butter
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup + tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
  • 1 cup Refined flour (maida)
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350 ºF/Gas Mark 4. Line and grease an eight-inch round cake tin. Melt the butter and set it aside to cool.
  2. Beat together the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence till light and creamy.
  3. Gradually fold in the flour, stirring with a light hand only in one direction. Stir in the melted butter. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for twenty-five to thirty minutes, till well risen and golden brown on top. Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.

Nutrition Info

Calories 1607
Carbohydrates 207.4
Protein 40.3
Fat 68.3
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