How to Make a Victorian Sponge Cake
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/Fan 160 degrees C/Gas 4., Wash your hands., Get out a big bowl, weighing scales, a wooden spoon (or electric cake mixer), and a sieve., Weigh 100 grams (4 oz) of caster sugar., Measure 100 grams (4 oz) of butter...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/Fan 160 degrees C/Gas 4.
Grease the two cake tins then line with baking parchment. -
Step 2: Wash your hands.
Nobody wants to eat a cake that has been handled by dirty hands do they? , Then get self-raising flour, two eggs, caster sugar, unsalted butter (or a butter meant for cooking) and vanilla essence or extract.
Make sure your work surface is clear (as clear as it can be with this many items!) , Pour into the bowl, making sure not to spill any. , Cut into small chunks, then put it in the bowl as well. , Cream it together in the same way you would spread icing over a cake.
Push it to the sides of the bowl.
Eventually, it should look like it isn't two separate ingredients. , Make sure not to get any shell in there.
Mix it with the sugar and the butter.
Don't worry if it looks disgusting
- just make sure it doesn't curdle. , Fold it in.
The mixture should turn creamy and yellow.
It should not be dough.
Mix thoroughly. , Mix thoroughly into the cake mixture. , Cook for 20 minutes. , Stick a fork into each of them, and if it comes out clean (without any cake mixture on) then they are ready. ,, Please make sure you remove the baking parchment. -
Step 3: Get out a big bowl
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Step 4: weighing scales
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Step 5: a wooden spoon (or electric cake mixer)
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Step 6: and a sieve.
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Step 7: Weigh 100 grams (4 oz) of caster sugar.
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Step 8: Measure 100 grams (4 oz) of butter.
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Step 9: Cream the sugar and the butter together.
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Step 10: Break the 2 eggs into the bowl.
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Step 11: Sieve 100 grams (4 oz) of self raising flower into the mixture.
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Step 12: (Optional) add between one and four teaspoons of vanilla essence/extract into the mixture for a unique vanilla taste.
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Step 13: Divide the mixture evenly between two 15 cm (6 inch) cake tins.
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Step 14: After 20 minutes
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Step 15: check the cakes are ready.
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Step 16: Being careful not to burn yourself
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Step 17: take the cakes out of the oven.
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Step 18: Leave in the cake tins to cool for a few minutes
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Step 19: then take it out of the cake tin and place on a wire cooling rack.
Detailed Guide
Grease the two cake tins then line with baking parchment.
Nobody wants to eat a cake that has been handled by dirty hands do they? , Then get self-raising flour, two eggs, caster sugar, unsalted butter (or a butter meant for cooking) and vanilla essence or extract.
Make sure your work surface is clear (as clear as it can be with this many items!) , Pour into the bowl, making sure not to spill any. , Cut into small chunks, then put it in the bowl as well. , Cream it together in the same way you would spread icing over a cake.
Push it to the sides of the bowl.
Eventually, it should look like it isn't two separate ingredients. , Make sure not to get any shell in there.
Mix it with the sugar and the butter.
Don't worry if it looks disgusting
- just make sure it doesn't curdle. , Fold it in.
The mixture should turn creamy and yellow.
It should not be dough.
Mix thoroughly. , Mix thoroughly into the cake mixture. , Cook for 20 minutes. , Stick a fork into each of them, and if it comes out clean (without any cake mixture on) then they are ready. ,, Please make sure you remove the baking parchment.
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