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Very light sponge cake

jessnsam
By: jessnsam
Posted 08/31/09 • Last updated 05/15/08 • 1589 views • 13 comments

Posted by jessnsam

This cake always turns out fantastic and i rely on it for most for my cakes

Very light sponge cake

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs 150g sugar 150g plain flour 150g soft margarine/butter 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Instructions

  1. Cream the butter and the sugar
  2. Beat the eggs in a bowl and add to the sugar and butter
  3. Sift the flour and baking powder into the mixture
  4. Bake for 20-25 mins

Comments (13)

Melons1976 10/22/09 at 1:01am
What size cake will this recipe make? I want to make a 14" square sponge cake but dont know how much to make. I can see on the USA chart how many cups of mixture it takes but dont know how to convert this to UK measurements.
Kylei_boy 11/2/09 at 2:04pm
Hi there i use a mix almost the same as this except i use self raising flour what would the difference in the sponge be between the two flours? Thanks Kyle
Chef_Rinny 11/20/09 at 1:09pm
I did 2x this recipe and it filled a 3" tall 8" pan
CandyCU 11/23/09 at 12:00am
Hi, I also used double this recipe to make an 8" round cake (almost 3" tall). Just one thing though, it was fully cooked and had risen beautifully but the next morning I took it out to ice - and the middle had sunken into a crater :-[ any reason for this? can someone please help me? or offer any suggestions to avoid this next time? I have a very good, accurate oven and it was at night when everyone had already gone to bed so there were no loud noises/bangs to cause it sink...
cakes_rule 11/23/09 at 2:10pm
what's the oven temp that you all used?
Bree0825 3/11/10 at 8:41am
Can anyone tell me how many recipes for a full sheet cake?
CupQuequito 7/19/10 at 6:26pm
This was a wonderful, moist cake! I doubled the recipe for 2 sq 8" pans. Bree, I can only imagine for a sheet cake, 8-10 batches. :/ LOL I'll know next week. I plan on using this recipe for a wedding cake. I'll post again :)
Curlysue05 3/9/11 at 5:14am
CandyCU I had a similiar problem with a cake once, try replacing your baking powder
Courtsmom_2000 5/26/11 at 10:21am
Will this cake hold up well for stacking and decorating with fondant?
littlejewel 6/16/11 at 3:04pm
this sounds similar to a manderia cake. I have never tried a manderia, so someone tell me what it's like please.
Kenikenmaui 7/2/11 at 9:09am
Will this cake hold up fondant and stacking?
vicki-w 8/2/11 at 7:45pm
This is very similar to the sponge recipe for a Victoria sponge cake the only difference being I would use self rasing flour and not the baking powder. Kenikenmaui - you can stack and use fondant on Victoria sponge and it compliments it very nicely.
PG101 8/14/11 at 5:54pm
The cake was great but it was rock hard within 4 hours any sugesstions?
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