Easy Vanilla Sponge Cake

Posted 07/27/10 • Last updated 07/27/10 • 679 views • 18 comments

Delicious vanilla sponge cake which is light but moist. I use this for any white/vanilla sponge... so moreish especially when using the vanilla pods. Credit to BBC Good Food website.

Ingredients

250g pack unsalted butter , softened, plus extra for greasing 250g golden caster sugar seeds scraped from 1 vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla paste 5 large eggs , cracked into a jug 85g plain flour 100g full-fat Greek yogurt (I used Total) 250g self-raising flour 3 tbsp semi-skimmed milk

Instructions

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease a round, deep 20cm tin, then line the base and sides with non-stick baking paper. Using electric beaters or a tabletop mixer, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla and ¼ tsp salt together until pale and fluffy, then pour in the eggs, one at a time, giving the mix a really good beating before adding the next. Add 1 tbsp of the plain flour if the mix starts to look slimy rather than fluffy. Beat in the yogurt. Mix the flours; then, using a large metal spoon, fold them into the batter, followed by the milk. Spoon the mix into the tin and bake for 1 hr 20 mins or until well risen and golden - a skewer inserted into the middle should come out clean.

Comments (18)

kkimsky 7/27/10 at 6:37pm

any chance of getting conversion into american measurements. Thank You kkimsky@roadrunner.com

ctirella 7/28/10 at 6:01am

can u please tell me what is semi-skimmed milk and caster sugar thanks.

DebbieRoth 7/28/10 at 6:29am

Sounds like a good recipe, can you easily enough convert the grams into cups - if I don't have a scale at home? & the questions about the milk & sugar above, Thanks!

caferock05 7/28/10 at 7:18am

This does sound like a good recipe and to those above me, I know that caster sugar is super fine sugar but I have not come across semi-skimmed milk.

mpowelljones 7/28/10 at 9:08am

I'm guessing semi-skimmed milk is probably the equivalent of 2% milk. Not completely fat-free, but not full-fat either. Just a thought.

LisaPeps 7/28/10 at 12:35pm

Yep semi-skimmed milk is 2% fat milk. Caster sugar is the same as American superfine. Here is a website for ingredient conversions: http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking

LHUmom3 7/29/10 at 6:01am

What is Greek Yogurt?

bakescupcakes 7/29/10 at 8:19pm

this recipe sounds great! can't wait to try it! thanks for sharing.

crazycakes1974 7/30/10 at 5:28am

i would love to try this recipe, but how do you convert the gms to cups?

littlejewel 7/31/10 at 1:22pm

I think you could use sourcream to replace the greek yogart, the consistancy is similar. I will try and let you know.

grammy1963 7/31/10 at 7:21pm

Sounds wonderful but could you please convert the baking temperatures into farenheit Thanks

LisaPeps 8/1/10 at 1:03pm

It's 320 F, greek yoghurt is made by fage in the US I think. http://www.fageusa.com/ 225g butter = 1 cup (so 250g will be 1 cup plus a little bit) 250g caster sugar = 1 and 1/3 cups I assume in the US that you can't get Self Raising flour, so I assume you would total the Plain and SR flour to 335g which is 3 and 1/3 cups of all purpose flour. Then add baking powder, the rule of thumb is 3 teaspoons per 8 oz, 8 oz is 225g so add 3 teaspoons of baking powder so that it equals the 250g of SR flour the recipe calls for. I think that answers all the questions asked :) Feel free to ask more.

graciesj 8/2/10 at 4:48am

castor sugar, you can make at home! all u need is regular sugar and a food processer. place the grat' sugar and blend away until it becomes powdery:)