4-INGREDIENT SPONGE CAKE (VIDEO RECIPE)
Once you master this easy European sponge cake (genoise), you can make hundreds of different cakes using this base!
Provided by Natasha Kravchuk
Categories Easy
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat Oven to 350˚F. Line bottoms of two 9″ cake pans with parchment paper (do not grease the sides).
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment (this is the one I have), beat 6 large eggs for 1 minute on high speed. With the mixer on, gradually add 1 cup sugar and continue beating 8-10 minutes until thick and fluffy.
- Whisk together 1 cup flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder then sift this mixture into fluffy egg mixture one third at a time. Fold with a spatula with each addition just until incorporated. Scrape spatula from the bottom to catch any pockets of flour and stop mixing when no streaks of flour remain. Do not over-mix or you will deflate the batter.
- Divide evenly between prepared cake pans (it helps if you have a kitchen scale to weight the pans). Bake at 350˚F for 23-28 minutes (my oven took 25 min), or until top is golden brown. Remove from pan by sliding a thin spatula (here's the one I love for cakes) around the edges then transfer to a wire rack and remove parchment backing. Cool cakes to room temperature then slice layers equally in half with a serrated knife.
LIME DRIZZLE CAKE
Super moist lime drizzle cake. Learn how to make an easy lime cake that your children will love!
Provided by Adina
Categories Cakes
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Butter: Take it out of the fridge a few hours before baking, so that it has time to soften.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 360 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Prepare a loaf cake pan of about 30x12 cm/ 12 x5 inches. Butter it all over, sprinkle with a little flour, and shake the tin to distribute the flour all over the tin. Turn the tin upside over the sink and pat it on the back and the sides to remove the excess flour. Set aside.
- Zest 2 of the limes. Zest one lime by cutting the green skin very thinly and then cutting these pieces into very fine strips. You will need these for decorating the lime drizzle cake. Set aside.Zest the second lime by grating the green skin on the fine grater. Set aside.
- Juice the limes, you will need 100 ml/3.4 fl. oz/scant ½ cup lime juice. Set aside.
- Wet ingredients: Beat the soft butter and the sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs to the batter, one by one, mixing well in between.
- Add dry ingredients: Sift in the flour and the baking powder, add the finely grated lime zest and mix until combined.
- Bake: Transfer the batter into the prepared tin. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Leave the cake to rest in the pan for 10 minutes. Make the lime drizzle in the meantime.
- Combine: Sieve the icing sugar into a small bowl. Add the lime juice and stir well.
- Drizzle the cake: Prick the lime loaf cake with a skewer (or toothpick) all over. Pour the lime drizzle all over.
- Let cool completely in the tin.
- Decorate: Turn the cake onto a serving platter, sprinkle with icing sugar, and top with the reserved lime strips.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 slice, Calories 269 kcal, Carbohydrate 33 g, Protein 4 g, Fat 14 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Cholesterol 92 mg, Sodium 86 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 19 g, UnsaturatedFat 5 g
LIGHT LIME SPONGE CAKE
This is a tangy but sweet and light cake that I developed. It's great served plain on it's own, or maybe with a little whipped cream or icing sugar. And the best part, it's relatively guilt-free!
Provided by Megohm
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In small saucepan, heat lime juice and water until bubbles form around edge of pan.
- Remove from heat; set aside.
- Sift flour with baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In small bowl of electric mixer, at high speed, beat eggs until thick and light yellow.
- Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is smooth and well blended, about 5 minutes(it will get thicker when you add sugar).
- At low speed, blend in flour mixture just until smooth.
- Add lime juice/water and lime zest, beating just mixed.
- Pour batter right away into ungreased 9 inch angel food cake pan.
- Bake 30 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Trace edges of pan with a knife and turn pan over onto serving plate; let cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 127.5, Fat 1.6, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 63.5, Sodium 91.5, Carbohydrate 25.3, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 15.2, Protein 3.2
LEMON SPONGE CAKE
Top this citrussy sponge with lemon icing and candied peel. Greek yogurt creates a cake that's extra moist and tangy, for an irresistible teatime treat
Provided by Esther Clark
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield Serves 10-12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. Butter a deep, loose-bottomed, 18cm cake tin and line the base with baking parchment.
- Beat the butter and caster sugar together with an electric whisk until fluffy and pale in colour. Crack the eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition, then stir in the lemon zest. Fold in the flour, baking powder and ½ tsp salt, then fold in the yogurt.
- Spoon the mixture into the lined tin, smoothing the top with a spatula. Bake in the centre of the oven for 50-55 mins, or until golden brown on top and firm to the touch. Cool in the tin for 10 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days, or in the freezer for up to a month.
- When you're ready to decorate, sieve the icing sugar into a bowl and beat in enough of the lemon juice to create a thick icing. Set the cake on a serving plate or cake stand, then spoon over the icing, allowing it to drip down the sides a little. Top with the lemon zest or candied peel, if using (see below), and cut into generous wedges to serve.
- To make candied lemon peel, peel large, wide strips from the lemons using a vegetable peeler. Remove any pith with a knife, then julienne the peel into very thin matchsticks. Tip the granulated sugar into a saucepan with 200ml water and set over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Add the lemon peel and simmer gently for 15 mins, then scoop the peel out using a slotted spoon and set on a piece of kitchen paper to cool. Use to decorate the top of your cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 409 calories, Fat 15 grams fat, SaturatedFat 9 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 64 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 48 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
SPONGE CAKE
Choose your favourite filling for this easy sponge cake - we've opted for lemon curd and whipped cream, but you could have jam. Perfect for afternoon tea.
Provided by Sophie Godwin - Cookery writer
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, butter and line the base of two 20cm spring-form cake tins with baking parchment.
- Using an electric whisk beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Crack the eggs in one at a time and whisk well, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Add the lemon zest, vanilla, flour, milk and a pinch of salt. Whisk until just combined then divide the mixture between the two tins.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 25-30 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. After 10 mins remove the cakes from their tins and leave to cool completely on a wire rack. Fill how you like. My personal favourite is a good dollop of lemon curd and some fresh cream, then dust the top with icing sugar. Will keep for 3 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 376 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 40 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 23 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.7 milligram of sodium
LIGHT LEMON SPONGE CAKE
This is a lemon sponge cake (two tiered) with lemon buttercream, named "light" because this is the comment I receive every time it's eaten
Provided by graceemma
Time 1h20m
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 160C/fan and then Grease or line the cake tin
- In a bowl add the ingredients FOR ONE TIER one by one in the order stated above, mixing as you go.
- Once the mixture is smooth (airy with a few bubbles is ok) pour it into the lined cake tin.
- Put the cake into the preheated oven for 15 mins, then take out and turn the tin around and put back in for another 18 mins.
- To test if the cake is cooked insert a tooth pick into the dome of the cake, if it comes out clean the cake is ready.
- It should be golden brown on top!
- Leave the cake to cool for about ten minutes in the tin then transfer onto a cooling rack for another 10-15.
- Repeat steps 1-6 for the second cake tier.
- Whilst the cakes are cooling prepare the buttercream;
- using a whisk, whisk the butter ,adding the icing sugar slowly, then when you've added all the icing sugar whisk in the lemon juice and rind.
- When the cakes have each cooled use a pallet knife ~ or flat knife~ to spread HALF of the buttercream onto ONE cake.
- Then carefully place the other cake on top (BEWARE OF ANY BUTTERCREAM SEEPING OUT THE SIDES)
- Use the remaining buttercream for the top of the cake then decorate with icing sugar and raspberries(optional)
CHOCOLATE & LIME CAKE
Give chocolate cake a zesty lift with lime buttercream filling, chocolate and lime icing and candied zest to decorate - an irresistible flavour pairing
Provided by Diana Henry
Categories Dessert
Time 1h50m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of 2 x 20cm cake tins with baking parchment. Beat the butter and light brown sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs gradually, beating well between each addition. Fold in the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. If the mixture is very stiff, stir in the milk.
- Spoon into the cake tins and bake for 20-25 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack and peel off the parchment. Gently heat the lime juice and caster sugar together, stirring to help the sugar dissolve. While the cakes and the syrup are still warm, pierce the cakes all over using a skewer and spoon over the syrup. Leave to cool completely.
- Next, make the candied lime zest. Pare the zest from the limes, cutting it into broad strips. Cut away the white pith and discard, then slice the zest into matchstick-sized strips. Put them in a pan and cover with water, then bring to the boil. Cook for 1 min, then drain and rinse. Dry and set aside. Juice the limes and add enough water to make 225ml. Heat gently with the sugar until the sugar has melted. Add the strips of zest and simmer until the liquid has almost evaporated and turned syrupy - about 30 mins. Scoop the strips of zest out with a slotted spoon, then place them on parchment to dry.
- To make the buttercream, beat the butter and icing sugar together using an electric mixer or by hand (start off gently or the icing sugar will fly everywhere), until pale and light, but don't beat for so long that it gets too fluffy. Add the lime zest and beat again until smooth. Chill in the fridge until the buttercream is firm, but spreadable.
- To make the icing, heat the cream gently (don't let it boil), then take it off the heat. Add the chocolate and let it melt, stirring to help it along. Put the marmalade in a small pan with the extra 1 tbsp cream and heat slowly to dissolve. Add to the chocolate and cream and stir until everything is blended. Leave to cool a little, but not so long that it becomes firm. Pour over one of the layers of sponge and leave to cool and set - it will run down the sides and drip off.
- Spread the buttercream over the other layer, then put the chocolate coated layer on top. Decorate with the candied lime zest.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 855 calories, Fat 49 grams fat, SaturatedFat 29 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 93 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 74 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.9 milligram of sodium
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