Vanilla Sponge Cake / Eggless Vanilla Sponge cake recipe
with step by step images and recipe video.
This is a perfect recipe for soft, spongy and fluffy vanilla
sponge cake made with very easily available ingredients and tastes really yummy
and delicious. It is the eggless version of vanilla sponge cake. Includes very
minimal and simple ingredients and can be made very effortlessly.
There are some points to be taken care of as for instance
while adding sugar add the amount mentioned as adding more would make the cake
surface sticky and the cake crumbly.
Secondly pre heating is very important. Also the time
required would vary as the ovens properties do so keep a check. Other tips I
have mentioned in the tips section after the method do check them.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup All purpose flour (Maida)
1 cup Curd (250 gms)
½ cup Sugar
½ tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Vanilla essence
½ cup Edible Oil
Method:
Pre heat the oven at 180 degress C
Grease a baking dish and dust it with flour. You can also
line with a baking paper.
In a bowl sieve the all purpose flour to remove the lumps if
any.
sift all purpose flour |
In another bowl take 250 gms curd (not the hung curd) and
add sugar to it.
add sugar to curd |
Mix it well till all the sugar gets dissolved. Then add in the baking powder and baking soda. Mix it evenly
and let it rest for 5 minutes.
add baking powder and baking soda |
In these 5 minutes the curd, baking soda and baking powder would react with each other.
rest for 5 min |
After 5 minutes bubbles would appear in the curd.
bubbles appear |
Now its time to add in the vanilla essence followed by the oil.
add vanilla essence and oil |
Mix it well.
mix well |
Further put in the sieved all purpose flour in parts and mix
by cut and fold technique.
add flour in parts |
mix by cut and fold |
Once the batter is ready pour it in the greased baking dish.
pour in greased baking dish and tap |
Tap it twice and bake it for 40 minutes at 180 degress C.
Your time may vary so keep a check.
After 40 minutes take it out of the oven and insert a
toothpick in the cake.
remove it from oven |
If the toothpick comes out clean it means the cake is ready,
but if some batter comes along then bake the cake for more 5 minutes or until
done.
toothpick test |
Let it rest for some time. Then loosen the edges with a help
of knife.
loosen edges |
Take a plate and invert it on the cake tin.
invert plate and flip |
Hold both the plate and the tin and flip.
Tap all over the cake dish to loosen the cake from the
bottom.
tap all over |
Lift up the cake tin and de mould the cake.
de mould |
You can enjoy it plain as it is or dust some powdered sugar
on it and decorate with some cherries and mint leaves.
dust powdered sugar and decorate with cherries and mint leaves |
Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake is done.
Eggless Vanilla Sponge Cake |
Tips:
Do not add more sugar as excess sugar would make the surface
sticky and cake crumbly.
Time may vary so keep a check. After 35 minutes do the
toothpick test.
Use a cooking oil which has no strong smell.
It can also be decorated with honey, maple syrup or even
chocolate ganache.
Do try this food-a-licious eggless vanilla sponge cake and
share your experience with us via comments.