Comments on: Chocolate Sponge Cake – hmmm http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/ A collection of culinary adventures and discoveries Mon, 07 May 2012 11:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: baking master at 17 http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-55259 baking master at 17 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:17:01 +0000 http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/#comment-55259 I make this all the time, and its never filed This is a simple sponge cake that can be made in no time at all with only three ingredients and no butter. What have you got to lose? Ingredients 3 eggs 125g (1/2 cup) caster sugar 90g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour Method Preheat the oven to 190 C. Grease a 20 or 23 cm round cake pan. or square ones work well. Really any shape will do In a medium bowl, whip together the eggs and caster sugar until light and creamy in color. Fold in flour and be so gentle not to knock the air out. And don’t over mix, Just until combined. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed. It feels like a car sponge ! Cool in the tin over a wire rack. Tips Add 2 tablespoons of water to the cake batter to make it moist. Add coco for a chocolate cake. And don’t open the oven until the end because when you open the oven all the hot air comes out reducing the heat of the oven and making the cake flop. I make this all the time, and its never filed

This is a simple sponge cake that can be made in no time at all with only three ingredients and no butter. What have you got to lose?

Ingredients
3 eggs
125g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
90g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour

Method

Preheat the oven to 190 C. Grease a 20 or 23 cm round cake pan. or square ones work well. Really any shape will do

In a medium bowl, whip together the eggs and caster sugar until light and creamy in color. Fold in flour and be so gentle not to knock the air out. And don’t over mix, Just until combined. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until the top of the cake springs back when lightly pressed. It feels like a car sponge !

Cool in the tin over a wire rack.

Tips

Add 2 tablespoons of water to the cake batter to make it moist. Add coco for a chocolate cake. And don’t open the oven until the end because when you open the oven all the hot air comes out reducing the heat of the oven and making the cake flop.

]]> By: jma http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-38884 jma Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:26:31 +0000 http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/#comment-38884 Yeah, my spongecake fell, too... but I baked it in a jellyroll pan. The instructions gave a temperature that seemed high (375 F) and a baking time that seemed short to me (12 to 15 minutes), so I opened the oven a lot to check on it and it did that lovely little "collapse on one side" routine. I wonder if it was the temp that did it or constantly opening the oven. My whole family ate it anyway because they are really nice, but if anyone out there has any baking tips, PLEASE let me know. Yeah, my spongecake fell, too… but I baked it in a jellyroll pan. The instructions gave a temperature that seemed high (375 F) and a baking time that seemed short to me (12 to 15 minutes), so I opened the oven a lot to check on it and it did that lovely little “collapse on one side” routine. I wonder if it was the temp that did it or constantly opening the oven. My whole family ate it anyway because they are really nice, but if anyone out there has any baking tips, PLEASE let me know.

]]> By: Sue http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Sue Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:52:00 +0000 http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/#comment-114 It reminds me of my Mexican chocolate cake that shattered into a zillion pieces when I tried to remove it from the baking pan...it went into a bowl in chunks, mixed with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and topped with orange slices. No one was the wiser... It reminds me of my Mexican chocolate cake that shattered into a zillion pieces when I tried to remove it from the baking pan…it went into a bowl in chunks, mixed with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and topped with orange slices. No one was the wiser…

]]> By: plum http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-113 plum Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:24:00 +0000 http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/#comment-113 Mmm, I think it looks fab from the top - no one I know would be complaining about a little lopsidedness! And besides, he already got those cupcakes, didn't he??!! Mmm, I think it looks fab from the top – no one I know would be complaining about a little lopsidedness! And besides, he already got those cupcakes, didn’t he??!!

]]> By: Niki http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Niki Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:17:00 +0000 http://myfavouritefoods.com/2005/10/chocolate-sponge-cake-hmmm/#comment-112 It still looks pretty darn tempting though!!! Whipped cream and berries are always a winner, even on a 'disaster cake'. :-) It still looks pretty darn tempting though!!! Whipped cream and berries are always a winner, even on a ‘disaster cake’. :-)

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