The sponge cake is a very simple cake made with eggs, flour, starch, sugar and butter, flavored with lemon peel. It 's very easy and quick to prepare, suitable for beginners. It 'a cake that resembles the paradise cake, but unlike the latter, involves the use of yeast. Great for breakfast and afternoon snack is usually served dusted with icing sugar. For its consistency is very suitable to be filled with jam, cream, chocolate, can also be coated with various icings or sugar paste. How to cook Sponge Cake :
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar, then mix in the butter softened at room temperature. Once the mixture is well blended combine flour, starch, yeast, milk, grated lemon rind. Assemble the egg whites until stiff with a pinch of salt and add them to the mixture gently. Grease a baking dish (24 cm) and flour, pour the mixture and bake at 180 degrees for 45/50 minutes. The sponge cake out of the oven, let it cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
Ingredients for Sponge Cake cooking recipe :
- Flour type "00" : 150 g
- Eggs : 4
- Sugar : 150 gr
- Butter : 70 gr
- Starch : 120 gr
- Milk : 1/2 cup
- Lemon : 1
- Icing Sugar : to taste
- Yeast : 1 packet
Serves : 6 people
Time required : 60 min
Capacity : Dessert
Difficulty : 2/5
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