How to make Cotton Soft Sponge Cake Recipe | Whole Wheat Sponge cake

Cotton Soft Sponge Cake 

 Ingredients :

• wheat cake flour *- 1/2 cup + 3 tbs
• eggs - 4
• milk - 4 tbs
• sugar - 3 tbs + 1/4 cup
• salt - 1/4 tsp
• veg oil - 3 tbs
• vanilla essence - 2 tsp
• lemon juice - 2 tsp

 Method

  step 1 : preparation of cake batter

• add in salt into the wheat cake flour and mix well
• into a mixing bowl, add in 4 egg yolks, 3 tbs sugar, 4 tbs milk, 3 tbs oil and vanilla essence
• combine very well 
• fold in the flour little by little ad make a smooth batter
• into a separate clean, dry, wide bowl add in 4 egg whites
• add in 2 tsp lemon juice and beat on low speed until foamy
• add in 1/4 cup of sugar little by little and beat until thickens to stiff peak
• add this into the egg yolk mixture in batches and combine well
• do not over mix the batter
• pour this into the cake tin ( i used 6" pan ) lined with butter paper
• tap to remove any big air bubbles

  step : baking

• place the cake tin in a big tray
• pour hot water into the tray
• bake at 150 degree C for 1 hour and 20 minutes or a tooth pick inserted came out clean
• remove it from the cake tin and let it cool completely

  *notes :

• to make wheat cake flour :- take 1 cup  of wheat flour , remove 2 tbs flour from it, add in 2 tbs corn flour, sift 4-5 times...wheat cake flour is ready now.
• hot water bath is given to make the cake soft and moist
• i used wheat flour in order to make it more healthy..alternatively you can use all purpose flour/maida/cake flour for this recipe