ReceptOK – Food and Drink Recipes

2 pounds sponge cake. On a day when you need to bake something quickly, eggless golden brown healthy cake (pound sponge cake) is the answer. Check out this basic cake recipe which can be eaten alone or iced with chocolate buttercream or vanilla buttercream. It makes a great base for berry shortcakes.. While doing this, place milk in a saucepan and add butter. This particular sponge cake is not made the way a real sponge cake would, where the eggs would be whipped to a very high volume to give the cake its structure and light and "spongy" texture. Cook 2 pounds sponge cake using 4 ingredients and 7 steps easily.

I suppose we call in sponge cake because of the appearance to an actual sponge cake. The French often bake sponge cake in a high mold, rather than a tube or flat pan. Don't undercook a sponge cake or it'll collapse. Combine a pound each of butter, sugar, flour and eggs, along with flavoring and a teaspoon or so of baking powder. Cream the butter and the sugar together until pale.