Easy Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe
Easy Vanilla Sponge Cake Recipe! If you have been on the hunt for a basic vanilla cake recipe then you are welcome, as I have just the right, easy and quick vanilla sponge cake for you. It is fluffy, light, moist and delicious!
Equipment
- oven and cake pans
Ingredients
- 200 g self-raising flour
- 200 g butter extra for coating the cake tins
- 160 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract substitute with 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste
- 4 tablespoons milk full fat or semi-skimmed
- ½ teaspoon baking powder optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180C/375F or 160C/320F (fan oven)
- Prepare the baking tins (2 X 8-Inch). Grease cake tin and line the bottom with a parchment paper.
- Using a hand mixer or stand mixer
- Start by creaming the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. This should be about 3 to 5 minutes
- Then add the eggs one at a time along with the vanilla essence and mix until combined
- Add the flour and (baking powder if using).
- Using a wooden spoon or spatula, fold the flour into the mixture until well combined. Lastly, add the milk and mix till well incorporated into the batter.
- Divide the batter between the prepared tins and bake in the oven for between 25 to 30 minutes or until skewer/cake tester comes out clean.
- Remove cake from the oven and leave to cool (2 to 5 minutes), remove from the tin and place on a cooling rack.
Notes
Tips
- Use any other flavouring extract you have if the vanilla extract is not available when you make this sponge cake
- Don’t let the batter sit too long before putting it in the oven
- Fold the flour into the mix using a wooden ladle instead of the hand mixer.
- Keep all the cake ingredients in room temperature.
- It is a cake taboo to open the oven quickly, do this towards the end of the baking time suggested.
- Bake the cake in the middle of the oven
- Preheat the oven before you place the cake batter in the oven. It is important to start baking the cake at the right temperature. This brings me to oven temperature. If using a conventional oven, use the temperature stated in the recipe, if using fan oven, reduce the temperature. E.g., if the recipe temperature calls for 190C, set the oven at 170C.
- Stick with a measuring scale rather than cups. Cup measurements are not made equal and they differ in each country too.
Nutrition
Calories: 304kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 4gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 93mgSodium: 186mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 581IUCalcium: 34mgIron: 1mg
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