Recipes
Chocolate Sponge Cake
Make a chocolate sponge cake that's perfect for filling with whatever you like!
Prep: 30 minCook: 30 minYield: Serves 12
Ingredients
- •6 whole eggs
- •1 cup sifted chocolate powder (50% cocoa)
- •1 dessertspoon vanilla essence
- •1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- •3/4 cup fine white sugar
Instructions
- 1
Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs, vanilla and sugar for 10 minutes, starting on low speed and gradually increasing the speed.
- 2
Turn off the mixer and gradually add the remaining sifted ingredients, folding them in gently.
- 3
Here I made a shorter sponge cake, so I used a round loose-bottomed cake pan measuring 26 cm across and 10 cm high. Line the bottom with parchment paper and grease the paper with unsalted butter. Do not grease the sides of the pan, only the bottom.
- 4
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for approximately 30 minutes.