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Sponge Cake
Sponge cakes are extremely light, airy and delicious cakes. This light texture is due to the lack of heavy ingredients such as fat, butter or oil. With no leavening agents such as baking powder, the volume of sponge cake is created by using stiffly whipped egg whites as a base for the batter. Almost always baked in a tube pan, sponge cakes are usually served drizzled with glaze or some type of fruit sauce.
81 Questions
What are the similarities of a butter cake and a sponge cake?
The major difference between a sponge cake and a butter cake is that a sponge cake has no fat in it, should be light in texture. A sponge cake not stored correctly will go dry quickly. A cake with butter in is a firmer moist cake which should keep longer.
Does caster sugar help make sponge cakes fluffier?
The higher the proportion of sugar in a cake, the lighter it will be (up to a point). However, the downside is that as the proportion of sugar increases, so does the stickiness of the crumb, and as the crumb gets stickier, the cake will be inclined to rise less.
Using caster sugar instead of granulated sugar will result in a comparatively fluffier cake.
Why does flour need to be in sponge cake?
because the flour is the main ingredient for sponge cakes. The sponge cake is thought to be one of the first of the non-yeasted cakes, that's why flour is needed. you can also use a small amount of baking powder too.
Where can i find a recipe for a sponge cake that includes 24 eggs?
you probably wont, so i would suggest finding just a normal sponge cake recipe, get a calculator if you're no good at math, and then just work out how much of the other ingredients you would need if you use 24 eggs (it would probably be 12 times everything, wouldn't it??)
Is sponge cake lighter or heavier than creamed cake?
Sponge cake is usually lighter than creamed cake is.
