Vanilla Sponge Cake

Christine shares her aunt’s recipe for an easy vanilla sponge cake that you can make with the help of a stand mixer in less than one hour.

Vanilla Sponge Cake

Vanilla Sponge Cake Ingredients

• 5 oz butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 5 oz buttermilk
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond essence

Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar for approximately 7 minutes and until pale in color. Use whisk attachment to incorporate more air into batter.
2. Sift dry ingredients together and set aside while butter & sugar is creaming
3. Add eggs one at a time to creamed batter ensuring that the eggs do not separate while beating.
4. Add vanilla extract and almond essence
5. Add sifted dry ingredients to batter in 3 parts. After each addition of the dry ingredients add one part buttermilk. Start with dry ingredients and end with dry ingredients.
6. Fold dry ingredients into batter then transfer to a 8″ cake pan.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

Tips

1. Grease 8″ x 4″ pan then line with grease proof or parchment paper
2. To make buttermilk add 1 teaspoon of vinegar to 5 ozs of evaporated milk and allow to stand for at least 5 minutes before using
3. To make homemade cake flour, replace 1 teaspoon of all purpose flour with 1 teaspoon of corn flour for every one (1) cup of flour then combine well.