Basic Dark Sponge The recipe for a basic dark sponge cake that can be used to make several desserts. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe. By Sanjeev Kapoor 06 Mar 2019 in Recipes Course New Update " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> Advertisment Main Ingredients Cocoa powder, Refined flour (maida) Cuisine Fusion Course Snacks and Starters Prep Time 11-15 minutes Cook time 41-50 minutes Serve 4 Taste Sweet Level of Cooking Easy Others Non Veg Ingredients list for Basic Dark Sponge 75 grams Cocoa powder 300 grams Refined flour (maida) 6 grams Baking soda 7 grams Baking powder 150 grams Butter 375 grams Castor sugar (caster sugar) 5 Eggs 330 millilitres Milk A few drops Vanilla Essence Advertisment Method Preheat oven at 180°C. Grease an aluminium cake tin and dust with little flour. Sift together refined flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder in a bowl. Mix well. Combine butter and sugar in another bowl. Break eggs in another bowl and set aside. Cream butter and sugar till smooth. Add eggs, one-by-one and cream till well blended. Fold in the flour mixture, little by little and beat well. Add milk, vanilla essence and beat well till well mixed. Pour the batter in prepared tin, filling 3/4th, tap the tin, place in preheated oven and bake for 40-45 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Demould, cut into wedges and serve. Nutrition Info Calories 4534 Carbohydrates 637.5 Protein 93.3 Fat 178.8 #Baking powder #Baking soda #Butter #Castor sugar (caster sugar) #Cocoa powder #Eggs #Milk #Refined flour (maida) Subscribe to our Newsletter! Be the first to get exclusive offers and the latest news Subscribe Now You May Also like Advertisment Read the Next Article