Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sponge cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sponge cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sponge Cake:

1. Make ready 4 tsp baking powder
2. Prepare 1 lb. magarine
3. Take 3/4 lb or 11/2 cups sugar
4. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla essence
5. Prepare 8 eggs
6. Make ready 1 lb. flour
7. Make ready 4 tbs. hot water (not boiling)
8. Get Flavouring
9. Prepare Zest of 1 lime
10. Get 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
11. Prepare 1 tsp ground spice
12. Prepare 1 tsp ground clove
13. Prepare 1 tbs lemon juice
14. Prepare 2 tbs rum

Using an electric whisk beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Crack the eggs in one at a time and whisk well, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition. Add the lemon zest, vanilla, flour, milk and a pinch of salt. Sift flour and salt; set aside.

Instructions to make Sponge Cake:

1. Cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add vanilla essence and butters.
3. Best in eggs one at a time making sure to beat each egg in well before adding the next one.
4. Sift dry ingredients with spice and clove. Then fold this into egg mixture gradually.
5. Add lime zest, lemon juice and rum. Then add hot water.
6. Pour into greased and floured cake pans and bake at 325- 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 -40 mins or until tester comes out clean.

In a large bowl, beat yolks until slightly thickened. This sponge cake should not be dense. I would highly recommend reading the tips in the recipe above for what the batter should look like. Since the cake relies on the volume of the eggs for leavening, it is critical to beat the eggs and sugar adequately in this classic sponge cake, or it will be flat and dense. Eloise Shardlow creates a delicate, floral twist on the classic sponge cake.

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