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Vanilla Sponge Cake

Pillowy Soft Vanilla Sponge Cake that will stay soft for days
5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people
Calories 187 kcal

Equipment

  • Electric Blender
  • One 7inch Square baking tin can be made in any shape or size
  • Whisk
  • Rubber spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking powder 
  • ¼ Tsp Salt
  • ¼ Cup  / 60gms Unsalted Butter
  • ½ Cup Milk full fat
  • 2 Eggs (room temperature)
  • ¾ Cup Sugar (Caster / Superfine preferably)
  • 2 Tsp  Vanilla essence
  • 1 1/2 Tsp  Vegetable Oil 

Instructions
 

  • Sift all the Dry ingredients, the Flour, Baking powder and Salt. Mix it.
    Sift
  • Warm the Milk and Butter for 60secs in a microwave bowl or till the butter melts. Do not let the Milk boil too much. Whisk it well and keep covered in the microwave to keep warm.
    warm
  • Beat the eggs first for 30secs on high speed till frothy. Then add the Sugar and beat for 5-6 mins at high speed till almost pure white and tripled in volume. Fold in the dry ingredients in three parts.
    beat
  • Add the vanilla essence and oil to the warm butter and milk mixture. Add some of the flour egg mix in it and mix thoroughly.
    add the flour mix
  • Add the tempered butter flour mix to the Egg mix slowly folding it in gently. Do not overmix.
    fold
  • Bake at 180°C/350°F for 28-30 minutes in a 6/7 inch baking tin or until golden and toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.
    bake
  • Let it cool down for 15-20 mins before removing the cake from the tin. Let it cool down completely before slicing it. Serve with powdered sugar and berries of your choice.
    ready
  • You can double the recipe and use it as a layered cake. This cake does not dry out ever. It always bakes perfectly flat so not much levelling required. 
    Do Check out my cupcakes recipe using the same batter in my You tube channel. The link for the cupcakes is added in the comments.
    cut

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Notes

Do not skip beating the eggs with the sugar for atleast 5-6mins on high speed till volume gets almost tripled. This sets the main base for the cake to be pillowy soft.
Do not skip adding the oil as it helps in keeping the cake moist and not dense for days after.
Keep the butter and milk warm in the microwave as it should stay warm when mixed into the flour egg mixture. Do not worry it wont cook the eggs.
Keyword Bakery