Foolproof sponge cake
Foolproof sponge cake
This is an ideal cake for festivities which should be made early. It is a hardened cake with a clammy surface so ideal for cutting for oddity cakes. Magnificent torted with jam and buttercream or recently left and covered with marzipan/icing, this cake is so adaptable you can essentially do anything with it! It won't ever sour and is so straightforward even my kid has made it, never fizzles and consistently tastes great!
Ingredients required to prepare Foolproof sponge cake
- 340g (12 oz) self raising flour
- 280g (10 oz) caster sugar
- 280g (10 oz) butter/marg
- 5 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
How to prepare Foolproof sponge cake in simple steps
Pre-heat the stove to 150 C/Gas 2. Oil and line (or oil and flour) a 20cm (8 in) square or round tin and put away.
Strainer flour into huge blending bowl, add any remaining fixings and blend in with electric blender on sluggish speed until all fixings are mixed, then, at that point, speed up and blend for another 2 or somewhere in the vicinity minutes, when you have a smooth player (it will be very thick/hardened).
Fill previously pre-arranged tin, place in focal point of stove and cook for around 1 hour 15 mins to 1 hour 30 mins; test with stick in the event that it tells the truth cake is finished.
Suggested recipe
No-bake chocolate cheesecake
Ingredients required to prepare No-bake chocolate cheesecake
- 150g (5 oz) digestive biscuits
- 110g (4 oz) caster sugar, divided
- 45g (1 1/2 oz) butter
- 150g (5 oz) dark chocolate, melted and cooled
- 120ml whipping cream
- 1 (200g) tub cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder mixed with a little hot water