Making cakes seems very difficult but if done with care and attention it can be a very simple task. If you want to start by baking a simple sponge cake then here’s help. To make a sponge cake fluffy avoid over mixing and stirring too much in the process. But make sure you leave no lumps or air pockets.
Things you will need for a nice soft sponge cake :
- A medium sized baking pan
- An oven
- Butter
- Baking Flour
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Sugar
- Vanilla flavour
- Butter cream
- A Spatula
- A Blender
- A Knife
- A bowl
- A handy napkin
- A brush
The Making of a Sponge Cake
- Smear butter with the help of a brush in the baking pan. Dust it with some flour and shake the excess off. Keep it aside to let it set.
- Begin by sieving the baking flour. Sieve the flour in the bowl and keep it aside
- Now take another bowl and add butter and sugar alternatively. Start blending the two. Use a light hand to make the mix. Do not over mix but make sure you have a nice fluffy looking mix. Mix little by little.
- Now take the baking flour and start adding the butter cream, use a blender to blend the two. Add a little sugar to this mix. Keep blending. Keep adding ingredient one after the other as you go on blending.
- Once the mix of butter cream, baking flour and sugar is ready you can add the sugar and butter mix you prepared earlier.
- Start blending it together gently and bit by bit. Add baking soda to this mix and blend it well. Do not forget those drops of vanilla flavour.
- Now pour this mix in the pan you smeared with butter and flour and set it with a spatula. Check if there are any air pockets in it. Shake the pan and tap it lightly on the table to let the mix settle.
- Now turn the oven to 375oF and put the pan inside. Allow the mix to bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Once you see it rising, you know it is baked and ready. However pierce the cake with a knife and pull it out gently to check if it is really done. If any mix sticks to the knife it still needs baking. If the knife come out clean, voila! your sponge cake is ready.
- Turn off the oven and remove the pan. Let it cool for five to ten minutes.
- Now while you are wearing your hand gloves, you can take a cardboard covered neatly with foil paper and get it ready to lay the cake on. The board can be a circle or a square depending upon the shape of your cake.
- Run the knife around the pan to free the cake of the pan. You can apply a little butter to the knife before you run it around.
- Now turn the pan upside down on the foil covered cardboard.
Your sponge cake is right in front of you. Let it cool before you serve it with coffee, tea or sodas. You can decorate your sponge cake with chocolate, cocoa powder, berries or fruits.
