SUPER MOIST SPONGE CAKE RECIPE
Here's my Super Moist Sponge Cake Recipe that strikes a unique balance between air/fluffy and moist. THE BEST SPONGE CAKE EVER!
Equipment
- 1 Oven
- 1 Mixer
- Mixing Bowls
- 1 Hand whisk
- 1 Wooden spatula if mixing manually
- 1 Digital scale
- 7 inch round Cake pan 5 pans
Ingredients
- 750 gram Flour
- 750 gram Sugar
- 750 gram Butter Softened.You can also use a good brand of Magarine
- 750 grams Eggs Or 12 large Eggs
- 6 tsp Baking Powder
- ΒΌ cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp Milk Emulsion flavour
Instructions
- In your mixing bowl sieve in flour 3 times
- Add Sugar and Baking powder. Using your hand whisk mix to combine
- Next add your Butter. Add in your eggs
- Next add Milk, Vanilla Extract, and Milk Emulsion
Mixing Instructions
- If mixing manually by hand, whisk with a wooden spatula for 20 minutes
- If whisking with a K-beater or hand mixer, whisk on lowest speed for 3 minutes to combine all ingredients; increase speed to highest and whisk for 10 minutes; then reduce mixer to lowest and whisk for 2 minutes
- If whisking with a stand mixer attach your balloon whisk and whisk for 2 minutes on lowest speed; increase mixer to highest and whisk for 6 minutes; and finally reduce mixer to lowest and whisk for 2 more minutes
Pre-baking Instructions
- Get your already prepared 7 inch round pans, place one at a time on your digital scale
- Weight batter to be 600g for 4 of the pans. The 5th Pan will be around 592g
Baking and Cooling
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean
- Once baked, allow cake to cool in Pan for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a baking tray to cool completely
Video
Notes
Recipe Variants
- Strawberry Sponge Cake : Substitute the Milk in the recipe with Strawberry yogurt or Strawberry puree (a blend of fresh strawberries). Substitute the Vanilla extract with Strawberry flavour; add pink food coloring.
- Coconut Sponge Cake : Substitute Milk in the recipe with Coconut milk. Use Coconut flavour in place of vanilla extract; add 2 leveled cups of Sweetened Dessicated Coconut to the dry items and mix before adding the wet items.
- Chocolate Sponge Cake : Replace Milk in the recipe with Buttermilk or Yoghurt; substitute Vanilla extract with Chocolate flavour; add 18tbsp of Cocoa Powder to your flour and sieve when sieving your flour.