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
